Opening Glance: Specialty retailers mixed

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By AP
07 July 2008 @ 10:32 am EST

NEW YORK - Shares of specialty retailers were mixed in early trading Monday ahead of the second-quarter earnings season.

Quotes

AA	32.13	-0.27
OMX	12.24	0.1
LOW	24.64	-0.26
GPS	19.45	-0.03
TJX	36.24	-0.3

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. will report its results Tuesday. Investors will be watching companies' quarterly reports to see how well profits are holding up amid record-high oil prices and inflation.

Oil prices fell below $144 a barrel earlier in the day.

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

OfficeMax Inc. slipped 6 cents to $13.92.

Lowe's Cos. jumped 34 cents to $20.56.

Gap Inc. fell 7 cents to $16.37.

TJX Cos. Inc. rose 15 cents to $31.38.

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