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Shares of Ross Stores Inc. ROST slid 5.60% to $111.05 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.31% to 3,819.72 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.39% to 31,270.09. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Ross Stores Inc. closed $12.85 below its 52-week high ($123.90), which the company reached on February 24th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as TJX Cos. TJX fell 3.85% to $63.66, Gap Inc. GPS rose 0.08% to $25.75, and Overstock.com Inc. OSTK fell 5.78% to $64.38. Trading volume (6.4 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.
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