Wal-Mart February same-store sales up 2.6 pct

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported a 2.6 percent rise in sales, excluding fuel, at U.S. stores open at least a year in February.

 

Analysts, on average, were expecting the company to report a rise of 1.1 percent, according to Reuters Estimates, while the company had forecast same-store sales to be between flat and up 2 percent.

 

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