165857 Resource 133529 120646 120646 1176384429497 1176384429497 Controlled U.S. Retail Gets Boost

Spread bets and CFDs on American markets

<font size="2"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">U.S. retail got a boost in the form of March same-store sales. Spread betting and contracts for differences on American markets should consider the effects this will have on U.S. stocks and other financial markets. </span><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/march-retail-sales-roll-thanks/story.aspx?guid=%7B801A7238%2D8BF8%2D4BF2%2D965C%2DA5FC39A39E9F%7D&dist=" target="_blank" title="March same-store sales, U.S. stocks, Ameican markets, spread bets, CFDs, spread betting, contracts for differences" style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">MarketWatch reports on the March same-store sales</a><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">:</span><br style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" /></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div xmlns:quoteslink="http://www.marketwatch.com/quotelink" class="p" style="font-style: italic;"><font size="2"> Sales strength was found across the board with Wal-Mart, Target, Costco Wholesale, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom, American Eagle Outfitters and Limited Brands among those handily beating the average estimates of same-store sales, the industry's most important gauge of growth measured by receipts rung up at stores open longer than a year. Even Gap's numbers were unusually robust -- breaking that retailer's multi-year stretch of flat to negative same-store sales results.<br /><br /></font> </div> <div xmlns:quoteslink="http://www.marketwatch.com/quotelink" class="p"><font size="2"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Because Easter fell on April 9 this year, March's five-week results included the historically heavy-spending week ahead of the holiday. Not only were consumers out shopping for Easter bonnets, dresses and suits, but they were stocking up on food for family gatherings, including Seder this year, as well as candy and treats for Easter baskets.</span></font> </div></div> 9 application/xml false Ameican markets CFDs contracts for differences March same-store sales spread bets spread betting U.S. retail U.S. stocks Spread betting on world financial markets http://www.gftuk.com/land/index.asp?aid=53 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.0.11) Gecko/20070312 Firefox/1.5.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 mmarquit false true false false true 133529 blog blogsite/GFTUK/web