NASDAQ 100's Top Performers :SHLD, PRGO, ESRX

Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 13:35 Written by Christian Paolinetti

New York, February 7th (TradersHuddle.com) - The NASDAQ 100 Index is higher trading at 2530.49, which represents 0.09% versus its previous close. The index is having a mixed day with slightly more than 50% of the NASDAQ 100 components on the green.

Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD) is the NASDAQ 100's top performer today with the stock trading at $47.26 representing 6.09% from its previous trading session. Shares of Sears Holdings, the holding company that owns and operates the Sears and Kmart retail chains have defined support at $41.14 and resistance at $45.76.

Perrigo (NASDAQ:PRGO) is also among the top performers, and it is trading at $97.6 representing 3.82% from its previous close. Perrigo, the store brand over-the-counter pharmaceutical products has calculated support and resistance levels at $93.76 and $100.38 respectively. The other top performer of the NASDAQ 100 is Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX), which is trading at $50.99 representing 2.67% from its previous close.

The NASDAQ 100's worst performers include Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) that is trading at $37.22 or -2.68% from the previous close. Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, the biotechnology company focused on developing novel small molecule pharmaceuticals have defined support at $34.10 and resistance at $38.62. Also among the worst performers SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK), which is trading at $46.49 representing -2.25% from the previous trading session.

The NASDAQ 100 is underperfoming the Dow Jones but is pretty much equal with the S&P 500. The Dow Jones Industrial Index is currently trading at 12869.4, which represents 0.19% from previous close, the S&P 500 on the other hand is trading at 1345.57 that represents 0.09% from its previous close.