JC Penney holiday sales improve but shares slide

Published February 5, 2014 12:17am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — The first quarterly increase in more than 2 years for a key sales measure at J.C. Penney was not enough to win over Wall Street, which punished the retailer’s shares.

The company’s stock plunged almost 11 percent Tuesday, closing at $5.08.

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