By 10:30 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 32.55 points, or 0.27%, to 12,118.57, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 3.29 points, or 0.25%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 12.10 points, or 0.45%.
Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the markets are Photographic Equipment Stocks, which have gained 6.1%, Rare Earth Stocks, up 3.1%, and Dotcom Retailer Stocks, moving 3.0% higher as a group.
In Tickerspy's
Photographic Equipment complex, Imax Corporation (NYSE:
IMAX) had surged 11.4%. IMAX announced its plans to open 75 new IMAX screens in Greater China in the next five years.
The best performing Tickerspy
%, Rare Earth stock has been Molycorp Inc (NYSE:
MCP), which was up 5.3%. MCP had $316.43 million in total cash and $3.09 million in total debt for the recent quarter.
Drugstore.com Inc (NASDAQ:
DSCM) is today's leading Tickerspy's
Dotcom Retailer stock, gaining 112.3%. Walgreen Co (NYSE:
WAG) agreed to buy DSCM for around $429 million in cash.
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