shares of fastenal co fast inched 077 higher to 5899 friday on what proved to be an allaround positive trading session for the stock market with the sp 500 index spx rising 123 to 445038 and the dow jones industrial average djia rising 084 to 3440760 this was the stocks second consecutive day of gains fastenal co hit a new 52week high surpassing its previous peak of 5864 which the company reached on june 28th the stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors friday as amazoncom inc amzn rose 192 to 13036 home depot inc hd rose 092 to 31064 and lowes cos low rose 129 to 22570 trading volume 26 m remained 438243 below its 50day average volume of 30 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