Stocks making new highs showed hesitation early Monday — reversing lower after pegging new highs — but the action improved as the session continued.
Construction supplies store operator Fastenal (FAST) dipped 0.5% early but then recovered to post a 0.42 gain to 52.22 for the day. Volume was about 70% above average. Fastenal is in the retail and wholesale building products group, which was No. 28 among 197 industry groups, as of Monday’s IBD.