Major Movers on June 4; ABM, ET, DG, GIII, ULTA

Shares of ABM Industries Inc. (NYSE: ABM) jumped about 4% by afternoon trade after the integrated building security solutions provider reported late on Monday that fiscal second quarter income climbed 65%, thanks to recent acquisitions that boosted its top-line growth. For the fiscal second quarter, ABM reported adjusted/non-GAAP earnings of $20.2 million or 36 cents a share compared to $16.3 million or 30 cents a share, in the same quarter of last year. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting earnings of 33 cents a share. Revenue jumped 11% to $1.17 billion from $1.06 billion but fell short of analysts’ consensus estimate for $1.18 billion.

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Major Movers on December 11; URBN, PERY, DG, BIG, TNS, TRIP, SOMX, PTX, WBMD, TXN

Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) shares rallied on Tuesday, gaining nearly 7 percent after specialty retailer in its regulatory filing said that its same-store-sales in the fourth quarter so far were up in the high-single-digit percentage—which was above analysts’ consensual estimate.

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Family Dollar Stores Posts Stronger Profits, Higher Same-Store Sales (FDO)

Discount retailing chain, Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) edged up in premarket hours on Wednesday after the company announced 1.4% increase in its fiscal fourth-quarter profits thanks to 10.8% jump in sales of food and other  basic commodities  in the wake of higher same-store sales even as margins continued to face the pressure.

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Major Movers in Early Trading; FedEx Corp. (FDX), Conn’s Inc. (CONN), Dollar General Corp. (DG), Francesca’s Holdings Corp. (FRAN)

Shares of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), a provider of transportation, e-commerce and business services, are down sharply in early trading today.

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