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Altria Shares Fall After Spin-Off  

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Shares of Altria Group Inc. dropped Tuesday after a Morgan Stanley analyst downgraded the stock on its first trading day after spinning off its Philip Morris international business.

Shares fell 98 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $21.22 in afternoon trading.

Analyst David J. Adelman lowered his rating to "Equal Weight" from "Overweight" and said in a note to investors that that the company's prospects for outperformance have diminished.

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