The Home Depot (NYSE:HD) shares rocketed Wednesday, amid news the world's largest home improvement retailer’s CEO Ted Decker along with Billy Bastek, executive vice president – merchandising will present at the Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Retailing Conference, on Wednesday, September 4.
The presentation will be webcast live at http://ir.homedepot.com/events-and-presentations. A link will be displayed under "Events and Presentations." The webcast will be archived and available at the same location approximately one hour after conclusion of the live event.
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement retailer. At the end of the second quarter, the company operated a total of 2,340 retail stores and over 760 branches across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The Company employs over 465,000 associates. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index.
HD shares jumped $4.85, or 1.3%, to $372.17 early Wednesday.
