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Fastenal, LiveRamp rise; Humana, Discover Financial fall, Thursday, 1/18/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., up $10.08 to $113.03.

The chipmaker gave investors an encouraging revenue forecast.

Humana Inc., down $35.78 to $411.98.

Higher-than-expected costs are forcing the health insurer to slash profit expectations.

Fastenal Co., up $4.55 to $67.93.

The distributor of nuts and bolts to the construction industry beat analysts' fourth-quarter earnings forecasts.

Discover Financial Services, down $11.74 to $97.

The credit card issuer and lender's fourth-quarter earnings fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

KeyCorp, down 64 cents to $13.20

The bank's fourth-quarter earnings missed analysts' forecasts.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., up 5 cents to $13.93.

The tire maker has named former Stellantis executive Mark Stewart as its new CEO.

M.D.C. Holdings Inc., up $9.75 to $62.84.

Sekisui House is buying the homebuilder for $4.9 billion.

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc., up $4.21 to $41.12.

The data-services company is buying San Francisco based privacy software supplier Habu for about $200 million.

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