Company News For August 17, 2017

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·         Agilent Technologies’ (A - Free Report) shares surged 4.7% after reporting fiscal third-quarter 2017 earnings per share of $0.59, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by $0.07

·         Shares of Target Corp. (TGT - Free Report) increased 3.6% after posting adjusted earnings of $1.23 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.20

·         Urban Outfitters Inc.’s (URBN - Free Report) shares rose 18% after reporting earnings per share of $0.44, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.37

·         Shares of Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC - Free Report) declined 0.3% after following news that the bank’s Chairman Stephen Sanger will retire by the year end, earlier than his previously planned departure on April 2018

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