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Lowe's

Lowe's Companies, Inc. () is a U.S.-based chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores that has retail stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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Services Sector Wrap

The Services sector (IYC) showed little change during trading today while the S&P 500 rose 1.

7%.While being down today, the ETF, as a proxy for sector performance, tracked farther from the overall market today than over the past week. At the start of today's trading, IYC was down 2.1% over the last seven trading days while the S&P 500 was down 1.6%.American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) was a major gainer in the sector, rising 10.5% (+$1.93) to close at $20.33 with 12.5 million shares moving. The stock traded in a range of $19.86 to $20.45.Lowe's Cos (NYSE:LOW) was a major loser in the sector, falling 10.1% (-$2.88) to close at $25.60 with 50.3 million shares moving. The stock traded between $25.42 and $26.53. The stock has been going in a negative direction over the last month, dropping $6.05 (-19.1%) from a price of $31.65 on April 20, 2012.Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) rose 3.2% to close at $63.63, cross its 50-day moving average of $62.88 and 200-day moving average of $58.75.S...

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