Before the Open (Mar 27)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines gained more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UK, Poland, France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Israel, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are each up at least 1%. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
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VIDEO: State of the Market
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The dollar is up. Bitcoin is down. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are mixed.
Stock headlines from barchart.com…
Prologis (PLD +1.86%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Neutral’ at JPMorgan Chase with a price target of $68.
Xcel Energy (XEL +0.91%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Mizuho Securities USA with a price target of $47.
BB&T (BBT +3.04%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at B. Riley FBR with a price target of $59.
Red Hat (RHT +3.51%) rallied 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q4 revenue of $772.3 million, better than consensus of $761.9 million, and forecast Q1 revenue of $800 million to $810 million, above consensus of $795 million.
AnaptysBio (ANAB +3.04%) jumped over 9% in after-hours trading after it said a Phase 2a trial of its ANB020 peanut allergy treatment shows “positive top-line proof-of-concept-data.”
Brink’s (BCO +3.56%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Buckingham Research Group with a price target of $100.
Tesaro (TSRO -2.24%) climbed over 2% in after-hours trading after it said data from a TOPACIO trial shows “compelling” clinical activity of niraparib in combination with an anti-PD-1 antibody in patients with refractory ovarian cancer.
DISH Network (DISH +1.20%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Cowen with a price target of $54.
MacrGenics (MGNX +3.36%) fell 4% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 4.5 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Overstock.com (OSTK -1.33%) tumbled nearly 10% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 4.0 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Williams Partners (WPZ +1.60%) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at Bernstein.
At Home Group (HOME -0.67%) lost nearly 2% in after-hours trading after it announced the launch of an underwritten secondary public offering of 6.0 million shares of its common stock by holders.
Gladstone Land (LAND -0.63%) fell 6% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer 1.0 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Invitae (NVTA -0.28%) dropped 7% in after-hours trading after it announced that it intends to offer $50 million of shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales
9:00 S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index
10:00 Consumer Confidence
10:00 Richmond Fed Mfg.
1:00 PM Results of $34B, 5-Year Note Auction
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
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