Top Narrow Based Indexes For January 14, 2013

By 10:25 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 28.48 points, or 0.21%, to 13,459.95, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had dropped 5.85 points, or 0.40%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 20.38 points, or 0.65%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are still afloat in the markets are Stem Cell Stocks, which have gained 4.4%, Contract Research Outsourcing Stocks, up 1.4%, and Security and Protection Service Stocks, moving 1.3% higher as a group. In Tickerspy's Stem Cell complex, International Stem Cell ISCO had surged 9.5%. International Stem Cell's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $4.38 million. The best performing Tickerspy Contract Research Outsourcing stock has been Covance CVD, which was up 3.7%. Covance's PEG ratio is 1.94. Nice Systems NICE is today's leading Tickerspy's Security and Protection Service stock, gaining 6.5%. Nice Systems is in talks to acquire Verint Systems VRNT for $1.5 billion, according to the Calcalist financial newspaper.