Afternoon Market Update (DELL, RSH, SPLS, ODP)

Shares of Dell Inc DELL dropped as the company is all set to report its quarterly results next week. Dell shares have fallen by 7.06% in the past 52 weeks. Shares of Dell are down about 5%. Natural gas futures remained steady after the Energy Information Administration supply (EIA) report. The EIA reported an increase of 20 million cubic feet of natural gas to the nation's supplies of the fuel. However, analysts were expecting a rise between 20 and 24 billion cubic feet. Natural gas for December delivery retreated 0.4% to $4.03 per million British thermal units. US Retail stocks dropped along with the wider markets today. Some of the decliners in the list are RadioShack Corp. RSH, Staples Inc SPLS and Office Depot Inc ODP. Read more from Benzinga's Markets.