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Opening Glance: Specialty retailers rise



By AP
02 July 2008 @ 10:41 am EST

NEW YORK - Shares of specialty retailers mainly rose in early trading Wednesday after the Commerce Department said factory orders rose 0.6 percent in May, matching analysts' forecasts.

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OMX 6.06 -0.37
LOW 19.17 -0.83
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Investors were also reacting to the withdrawn of Blockbuster's proposal to buy Circuit City.

Here is a look at how shares of some key specialty retailers were trading:

OfficeMax Inc. rose 68 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $15.03.

Lowe's Cos. climbed 32 cents to $20.93.

Gap Inc. edged up 5 cents to $17.12.

TJX Cos. Inc. slipped 2 cents to $31.91.

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