Costco stock slips after hours as year-end trading thins and January sales update looms
Costco shares slipped 0.6% in after-hours trading Monday to $867.84 amid thin holiday volume. U.S. stocks closed lower, with the S&P 500 down 0.35% and the Nasdaq off 0.50%. Retail sentiment weakened, as the SPDR S&P Retail ETF fell 0.8%. Investors await Costco’s December sales update on Jan. 7.