Home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW) reported a profit for the first-quarter that climbed 73.1 percent from last year. Discount retailer Target Corp.'s (TGT) first-quarter profit surged from the previous year. Off-price retailer TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) reported a profit for the first-quarter compared to a loss in the prior year.
Lowe's, Target and TJX's quarterly earnings per share topped analysts' expectations.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.