Top Narrow Based Indexes For August 5 (CHSI, ATML, GRO)

By 12:40 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 39.39 points, or 0.37%, to 10,641.04, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had lost 4.75 points, or 0.42%. The NASDAQ composite index fell 13.11 points, or 0.57%.

Some of the narrow based indexes supporting the markets are Pharmacy Benefit Manager Stocks, which have gained 5.1%, Broad-Based Semiconductor Stocks, up 4.7%, and Chinese Agriculture Stocks, moving 3.5% higher as a group.

In Tickerspy's Pharmacy Benefit Manager complex, Catalyst Health Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: CHSI) had surged 10.7%. CHSI reported a 21% y/y rise in its Q2 net income.

The best performing Tickerspy Broad-Based Semiconductor stock has been Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), which was up 18.1%. ATML has reported better-than-expected Q2 results.

Agria Corporation (NYSE: GRO) is today’s leading Tickerspy's Chinese Agriculture stock, gaining 14.4%. GRO’s shares have fallen 38.71% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 12.42% in the same period.

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