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The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer of apparel and accessories for children. Shares of PLCE fell by 0.51% or $-0.29/share to $56.43. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $43.01 and as high as $58.89. On average, 442097 shares of PLCE exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 211662.
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