Home Improvement Industry Stocks Fall 14 Points

[Monday, July 16, 2012]  The Hard Fax Composite of home improvement industry stocks fell 14 points in the latest week of trading to end at 1268, down from 1282 the prior week, and is currently up 15 percent on the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained five points for the week, ending at 12777, or plus five percent on the year.

On Monday morning of this week stocks opened lower on news of weak retail sales from the Census Bureau and concerns about a weakening world economy, with a slowing growth rate in China joining shaky European bailouts as major items of concern for investors.

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