Before the Open (Jul 13)

Good morning. Happy Friday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed moslty up. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia gained more than 1%. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. The UK, France, Germany, Russia, Greece, Italy and Austria are up while South Africa, Finland and Norway are down. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
The dollar is up. Oil is up; copper is down. Gold and silver are down. Bonds are up.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
JPMorgan Chase (JPM +0.43%) rose more than 1% in pre-market trading after it reported Q2 FICC sales and trading revenue of $3.45 billion, better than consensus of $3.20 billion.
BlackRock (BLK +0.75%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform from ‘Market Perform’ at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods with a price target of $617.
Monro (MNRO +1.07%) was upgraded to ‘Buy from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $71.
VF Corp (VFC +0.46%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
Broadcom (AVGO -13.74%) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at BMO Capital Markets.
Oshkosh (OSK +1.98%) was rated anew ‘Buy’ at Longbow Research with a price target of $88.
McDonald’s (MCD +0.32%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after the Illinois Department of Public Health received confirmation of about 90 cases of cyclophorias, possibly liked to salads produced for McDonald’s restaurants.
Children’s Place (PLCE -1.93%) was rated an ‘Outperform’ at Wedbush with a price target of $150.
Ingredion (INGR -0.22%) fell 4% in after-hours trading after it cut its 2018 adjusted EPS forecast to $7.50-$7.80 from a prior view of $7.90-$8.20, below consensus of $7.90, due to lower than expected North America performance.
AT&T (T +1.13%) lost 1% in after-hours trading after the U.S. Justice Department said it is appealing a judge’s decision allowing AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner.
Avenue Therapeutics (ATXI -0.27%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Oppenheimer with a price target of $8.
Chaparral Energy (CHPE -5.01%) was rate a new ‘Buy’ at Johnson Rice & Co.
Gogo (GOGO +5.01%) rallied 6% in after-hours trading after it said it was considering options that include splitting into separate companies servicing commercial and business aircraft.
Tuesday’s Key Earnings
PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) +4.8% boosted by Frito-Lay snacks.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 Import/Export Prices
10:00 Consumer Sentiment
1:00 PM Baker-Hughes Rig Count
Fed to release semiannual monetary policy statement
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
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