Retail stocks suffer sharp declines with broader markets

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks felt the pain of the broader markets in rough trading Thursday as decliners wiped out what few advancers there were. The S&P Retail Index ($RLX :
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Last: 469.38-18.54-3.80%4:15pm 08/09/2007Delayed quote data
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$RLX469.38, -18.54, -3.8%) , the sector's main measure, lost 3.8% to settle at 469.38 as the market turmoil got worse in the final hour of trading. Shares of Dow components Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Home Depot Inc. were shattered. Wal-Mart (WMT :
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WMT46.69, -1.73, -3.6%) shares backtracked 4.1% to $46.45 while Home Depot's (HD :
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HD36.09, -1.71, -4.5%) shares tumbled 5.3% to $35.79.