Top Narrow Based Indexes For December 18, 2012

By 10:55 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 57.66 points, or 0.44%, to 13,293.05, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 9.56 points, or 0.67%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 25.32 points, or 0.84%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the markets are Energy Storage and Battery Technology Stocks, which have gained 2.9%, Nanotech Stocks, up 2.5%, and Shale Gas Stocks, moving 2.3% higher as a group. In Tickerspy's Energy Storage and Battery Technology complex, Maxwell Technologies MXWL had surged 11.7%. Maxwell Technologies' PEG ratio is 0.84. The best performing Tickerspy Nanotech stock has been Nanosphere NSPH, which was up 4%. Nanosphere shares have jumped 113.28% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 15.23% in the same period. Magnum Hunter Resources MHR is today's leading Tickerspy's Shale Gas stock, gaining 11.5%. Magnum Hunter Resources' trailing-twelve-month revenue is $238.10 million.
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