Penney’s share price falls to Great Depression era levels

August 17, 2018

J.C. Penney saw its stock fall to $1.75 a share in trading yesterday after it reported an unexpectedly high loss. The last time the department store chain’s stock price was lower was a week before the start of the Great Depression in 1929.

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