Top Narrow Based Indexes For July 9

By 10:05 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 63.01 points, or 0.49%, to 12,709.46, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 5.39 points, or 0.40%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 11.64 points, or 0.40%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets are Accident and Health Insurance Stocks, which have gained 4.5%, Stem Cell Stocks, up 1.3%, and Healthcare IT and Software Stocks, moving 1.1% higher as a group. In Tickerspy's Accident and Health Insurance complex, AMERIGROUP AGP had surged 37.9%. WellPoint WLP announced its plans to buy Amerigroup for around $4.46 billion in cash. The best performing Tickerspy Stem Cell stock has been International Stem Cell ISCO, which was up 11.5%. International Stem Cell shares have tumbled 72.63% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 2.67% in the same period. Merge Healthcare MRGE is today's leading Tickerspy's Healthcare IT and Software stock, gaining 10.1%. Analysts at Craig-Hallum upgraded Merge Healthcare from “hold” to “buy.”