By 10:40 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 78.68 points, or 0.65%, to 11,965.72, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 9.02 points, or 0.69%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 14.31 points, or 0.53%.
Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets are Tobacco and Tobacco Product Stocks, which have gained 7.5%, Chinese Solar Stocks, up 5.5%, and Fitness and Dieting Stocks, moving 3.5% higher as a group.
In Tickerspy's Tobacco and Tobacco Product complex, Star Scientific Inc CIGX had surged 28.0%. The US Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the validity of two of CIGX's patents.
The best performing Tickerspy Chinese Solar stock has been JinkoSolar Holding Company Limited JKS, which was up 10.5%. JKS' PEG ratio is 0.22.
Medifast Inc MED is today's leading Tickerspy's Fitness and Dieting stock, gaining 6.9%.MED expects to report its Q4 results at approximately the end of March, 2011.
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