Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) Fall On Weak February Sales

The stock market fell in trading on Friday afternoon erasing the slight gains which had been made during the week’s trading. The  S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) was down 0.16% for the day’s trading at the time of writing. That leaves gains for the last five days at around 0.03% on the index, a poor week in what has so far been a buoyant year. Since the start of 2013, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) has risen by more than 6%, as corporate earnings delivered positive surprises and investors looked for returns in a recovering market. In the same period, the Nasdaq 100…