In early trading on Thursday, shares of Fastenal topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 5.1%. Year to date, Fastenal registers a 24.4% gain.
And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day is Hormel Foods, trading down 6.8%. Hormel Foods is lower by about 25.9% looking at the year to date performance.
Two other components making moves today are Lamb Weston Holdings, trading down 5.0%, and Dominos Pizza, trading up 3.1% on the day.
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