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$Home Depot (HD.US)$ posted a smaller-than-expected decline in quarterly same-store sales on Tuesday, as a switch to small-scale projects and repair work by customers cushioned a slowdown in demand for big-ticket items that has hammered the industry. Shares of the company rose more than 2% in premarket trading.
Comparable sales at the largest U.S. home improvement retailer fell 3.1% in the third quarter, ...

Wall Street's tech giants continued to extend their gains recently. The Nasdaq 100 has once again outperformed other major indices, driven by the Magnificent 7.
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$ has hit a new high for three consecutive days and surpassed $367 per share last week, solidifying its position as a major AI winner. Microsoft's market capitalization has now reached $2.73 trillion, trailing $Apple (AAPL.US)$'s by just $150 bil...