	national convenience ncs to have rd qtr loss national convenience stores inc said it expects to report a loss for the third quarter ending march due to continued poor sales in texas especially in houston in last year s third quarter national convenience ed dlrs or eight cts per share including a gain of dlrs from the sale of stores to another operator it said the results also included ings from gasoline operations of dlrs or cts per share caused by unusually high gross margins on gasoline sales of cts per gallon that were caused by rapidly falling oil prices national convenience said its third quarter is usually weak due to winter weather reuter 
