Wall Street drifted lower before the opening of a holiday-shortened week with some high-profile retailers reporting their most recent quarterly results. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 each slipped 0.3% before the bell Tuesday. Walmart posted another strong quarter of sales and profit, sending its shares up 2.7% before markets opened. Hardware and building supply retailer Home Depot slipped about 2% after it gave a lukewarm forecast for the year as high interest rates have cooled the homebuying market. Wall Street trading was closed Monday in the United States for President’s Day.
