CORRECTED: Costco November same-store sales rise 9 pct

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp <COST.O> on Thursday reported a 9 percent rise in November sales at stores open at least a year.

(Corrects to show same-store sales rose 9 pct, not 13 pct, in headline and first paragraph)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp <COST.O> on Thursday reported a 9 percent rise in November sales at stores open at least a year.

Analysts, on average, had expected the company's same-store sales to rise 6.6 percent, according to Reuters Estimates.

Costco, the largest U.S. warehouse club, said total sales in the four weeks ended December 2 rose 13 percent to $5.72 billion.

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(Reporting by Emily Chasan; editing by Sue Thomas)