shares of express are trading lower after the clothing retailer said its loss widened in the first quarter as sales fell 15 the stock was down 13 at 71 cents in premarket trading shares closed the market at 81 cents on tuesday having fallen more than 65 over the past 12 months the company reported early wednesday that its firstquarter loss widened to 734 million or 99 cents a share from a loss of 119 million or 18 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago quarterly sales fell to 3833 million from 4508 million last year express said it expects to report a loss of 150 to 170 a share for the year on sales of 19 billion to 2 billion in the second quarter express forecasts a loss of 50 cents to 60 cents a share on 400 million to 450 million in revenue