Dividend.com: Midday Update

The market are trying to hold on to early gains, but we are off earlier highs. Let's take a look at some of the places that traders may want to focus on.

Bullish:

Gold-Mining Plays: RandGold Resources(GOLD Quote) and Agnico-Eagle Mices(AEM Quote) are rebounding from the week's losses.

Internet Giants: Google(GOOG Quote) and Priceline(PCLN Quote) are seeing gains.

Insurers: Hartford Financial(HIG Quote) is seeing a lift from an analyst upgrade. It's helping insurers Prudential(PRU Quote) and Metlife(MET Quote) as well.

High-Beta: We're seeing a spike in Intuitive Surgical(ISRG Quote) and Blackrock(BLK Quote) to a lesser degree.

HMOs/Healthcare: An upgrade this morning is helping shares of Cigna(CI Quote), Aetna(AET Quote), UnitedHealth Group(UNH Quote) and Humana(HUM Quote).

Commodity Plays: Freeport McMoran(FCX Quote) and U.S. Steel(X Quote) are leading the early charge.

Railroad Plays: Union Pacific(UNP Quote) and Burlington Northern(BNI Quote) are leading the pace.

China Plays: Shanda Interactive(SNDA Quote) and Baidu(BIDU Quote) are trading higher. Smaller-cap plays are also rising, including Perfect World Co., Ltd.(PWRD Quote) and Fuqi International, Inc.(FUQI Quote).