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Walmart Sets 3-for-1 Stock Split; Shares Rise

A Walmart store in Secaucus, New Jersey.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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Walmart Inc. announced a 3-for-1 stock split, saying a lower price will help more of its employees buy shares.

Sam Walton believed it was important to keep our share price in a range where purchasing whole shares, rather than fractions, was accessible to all of our associates,” Walmart Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Tuesday.