Stocks continued their rally on Friday morning amid strong earnings reports from American Express and Twitter. However, Intel shares fell more than 6%, despite solid second-quarter results, after the company projected declining gross margins over the remainder of the year. The Dow rose 0.5%, the S&P 0.8%, and the Nasdaq 0.8%. Crude oil traded near $72 per barrel, while gold fell $6 to $1799 per ounce.

The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.

This is one of the most inconsistent markets we have witnessed in years, perhaps decades. A few sectors are hot for a week or two, but then fizzle out and turn the reins over to a couple of other sectors. Year-to-date (YTD), the largest S&P 500 winners are clustered in Energy, Discretionary, Technology, and Real Estate. Over the past three months, the winners have come from Technology, Industrials and Healthcare.