Shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation ( COST ) witnessed marginal growth of roughly 1%, following comparable-store sales (comps) results for the four weeks ended Nov 2, 2014, faring better than analysts' expectations. Excluding the effect of deflation in gasoline prices and the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, Costco's comps for October rose 7%, reflecting a respective increase of 7% at its U.S. locations and 6% at international outlets. Coming to Costco, comps for the 9-week period increased 4%, buoyed by a 6% and 1% increase across the U.S. and international locations, respectively.