shares of fastenal co fast inched 042 higher to 5301 wednesday on what proved to be an allaround favorable trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 029 to 414077 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 018 to 3296923 the stocks rise snapped a threeday losing streak fastenal co closed 1174 below its 52week high 6475 which the company achieved on december 30th the stock outperformed some of its competitors wednesday as ww grainger inc gww rose 040 to 57904 trading volume 18 m remained 15 million below its 50day average volume of 33 m editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use