Home Depot beats across the board as same-store sales spike 8% (HD)

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• Home Depot's second-quarter results beat on both the top and bottom lines.
• Sales at stores open at least a year spiked 8%.
• Shares are up more than 2% ahead of Tuesday's opening bell.

(Reuters) - Home Depot Inc's second-quarter sales at established stores beat Wall Street forecasts, boosted by a rebound in demand for seasonal merchandise.

Shares of the No. 1 U.S. home improvement chain rose 2.4 percent to $198.8 in premarket trading on Tuesday.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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