In early trading on Wednesday, shares of Microchip Technology topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 9.6%. Year to date, Microchip Technology registers a 1.3% gain.
And the worst performing Nasdaq 100 component thus far on the day is Activision Blizzard, trading down 2.5%. Activision Blizzard is showing a gain of 19.8% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Incyte, trading down 2.0%, and NXP Semiconductors, trading up 6.0% on the day.
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