By 10:20 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 12.87 points, or 0.10%, to 12,363.48, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 0.53 point, or 0.04%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 1.77 points, or 0.06%.
Some of the narrow based indexes that are supporting the markets are Fitness and Dieting Stocks, which have gained 3.5%, Platinum and Palladium Stocks, up 1.6%, and Australia Stocks and ADRS, moving 1.5% higher as a group.
In Tickerspy's Fitness and Dieting complex, Medifast Inc MED had surged 9.4%. MED is all set to report its Q4 results after the closing bell today.
The best performing Tickerspy Platinum and Palladium stock has been Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd IMPUY, which was up 3.1%. IMPUY's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $4.35 billion.
Prana Biotechnology Ltd PRAN is today's leading Tickerspy's Australia Stocks and ADRS stock, gaining 11.4%. PRAN reported that Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) will provide the company with a mission-related investment of US$700,000 for its PBT2 clinical trial.
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