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Closing Bell: Kicking Off Earnings Season, With a Thud (AA, MMR, EXXI, AOL, PEIX, CYCC, MNKD)

Posted Jan 11th 2010 4:00PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Alcoa Inc (AA), AOL (AOL)

Today is supposed the first day of earnings season, yet few of the major stocks were big movers. The markets were strong at the start and in pre-market trading, yet the gains were challenged throughout the trading day. Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow 10,664.52 +46.33 (0.44%)
S&P 500 1,147.01 +2.03 (0.18%)
Nasdaq 2,312.41 -4.76 (-0.21%)

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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: VPRT, EV, HPT, NRG, GTE, BNHNA, VAR, ITRI and FARO

Posted Nov 25th 2009 10:00AM by Laurie Pasternack (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Analyst Initiations, EMC Corp (EMC), Barclays plc ADS (BCS)

Analyst upgrades:

Citigroup upgraded Vistaprint (VPRT) to buy from hold on valuation following the recent pullback in shares. The firm also raised its price target on the stock to $62 from $55.
Fox-Pitt upgraded Eaton Vance (EV) to outperform from in line citing strong fundamentals. The firm raised its target to $36 from $34.
Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Hospitality Properties (HPT) to buy from hold citing valuation and expected cash dividend in 2010. The firm has a $22 target on the stock.
The Advisory Board (ABCO) was upgraded to overweight from equal weight at First Analysis.
Technip (TKPPY) was upgraded to outperform from neutral at Credit Suisse.
Jefferies upgraded Energy XXI (EXXI) to hold from underperform and raised its target to $2 from $1.