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U.S. stock futures are lower this morning ahead of employment and manufacturing data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 12 points to 11,520, while futures for the S&P 500 fell 1.60 points to 1,254. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 lost 1 point to 2,228.

Global Markets

Negative sentiment ruled the European markets today. While STOXX Europe 600 Index has lost 0.96%, London's FTSE 100 Index moved down 0.33%.

Mostly Asian markets ended in positive territory, with Japan's Nikkei Stock Average dropping 1.12%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 moving up 0.31% and China's Shanghai Composite gaining 0.29%.

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Today was a mixed trading day on somewhat light trading pre-holiday volume throughout most of the trading day and there was no real feeling for a positive or negative close until the afternoon. A drop of 11% in new house sales in November added concerns over the housing recovery. This was in contrast to personal income and spending rising 0.4% and 0.5%, respectively, in November. Oil had a solid day with a $2.22 gain to $76.62 close on big inventory draw-downs.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,466.44 +1.51 (0.01%)
S&P 500 1,120.59 +2.57 (0.23%)
Nasdaq 2,269.64 +16.97 (0.75%)

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Analyst upgrades:

  • Baird upgraded WinTrust (NASDAQ: WTFC) to Neutral from Underperform and raised its target to $20 from $13 citing the accretive purchase of AIG (NYSE: AIG) loans and reduced risk of a capital raise.
  • Piper Jaffray upgraded Coach (NYSE: COH) to Overweight from Neutral on expectations product sell-throughs and margin trends will improve in the coming quarters. The firm has a $32 target on the stock.
  • RBC Capital upgraded Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) to Sector Perform from Underperform and raised its target to $33 from $29. The firm cites Campbell's recent innovation, easy volume comps, and "reasonable" consensus estimates for its upgrade.
  • Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.
  • Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) was upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill.
  • Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) was upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman.

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