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Walmart edges up as $95 oil pressures risk assets

Walmart inched about 0.1% higher to $106.04 on Wednesday, while $95 oil, geopolitical tension and bond-market stress pressured riskier assets.

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Walmart NASDAQ:WMT, the world's largest retailer, inched approximately 0.1% higher to $106.04 Wednesday as $95 oil, geopolitical tension and bond-market stress punished riskier assets.

When markets get nervous, Walmart's steady stream of grocery and household spending becomes much harder to ignore…