Before the Open (Oct 11)

Good morning. Happy Wednesday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea and Taiwan rallied more than 1%; Thailand, New Zealand and Australia also did well. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Philppines were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. Poland, Spain, Turkey and thte UAE are up more than 1%; Denmark, Russia and Hungary are also doing well. Greece and Saudi Arabia are down. Futures in the States point towards a slight down open for the cash market.
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The dollar is down. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are flat.
Stock headlines from barchart.com…
Coach (COH +0.81%) was downgraded to ‘Equal-Weight’ from ‘Overweight’ at Consumer Edge Research.
Groupon (GRPN -1.38%) was downgraded to ‘Sell’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs.
Delta Air Lines (DAL +1.86%) rose 2% in pre-market trading after it reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $1.57, better than expectations of $1.52.
Visa (V +0.28%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Market Perform’ at Wells Fargo Securities with a price target of $120.
PayPal (PYPL -0.29%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $76.
Exelon (EXC +0.68%) was downgraded to ‘Sell’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $35.
FedEx (FDX +0.06%) was initiated with an ‘Overweight’ at KeyBanc Capital Markets with a 12-month target price of $260.
Electronic Arts (EA -0.67%) was initiated with a ‘Buy’ at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey with a 12-month target price of $133.
AnaptysBio (ANAB +101.17%) announced that it intends to offer 3 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Micron (MU +2.49%) fell nearly 5% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer $1 billion of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Flexion Therapeutics (FLXN -3.79%) tumbled nearly 6% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 4 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Barracuda Networks (CUDA +0.04%) slid 6% in after-hours trading after it forecast Q3 revenue of $92.5 million-$94.5 million, the midpoint below consensus of $94.4 million.
Eagle Bancorp Montana (EBMT +1.86%) slid over 5% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer $18 million of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
VOXX International (VOXX +1.18%) dropped 10% in after-hours trading after it said its Q2 gross margin shrank -240 basis points.
Tuesday’s Key Earnings
IntelliPharmaCeutics (NASDAQ:IPCI) +11.3% AH on Q3 earnings.
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Today’s Economic Calendar
7:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
9:00 Fed’s Evans: Monetary Policy
10:00 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
1:00 PM Results of $24B, 3-Year Note Auction
1:00 PM Results of $20B, 10-Year Note Auction
2:00 PM FOMC minutes
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
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