Before the Open (Aug 28)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines posted the biggest gains. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside but are mostly close to unchanged. Poland, Turkey, South Africa and Finland are up; Kenya and Italy are down. The futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
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The dollar is down. Oil and copper are up. Gold and silver are up. Bonds are down.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
Xilinx (XLNX +1.97%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Neutral’ at Baird with a price target of $90.
Estee Lauder (EL +1.96%) was upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $160.
L3 Technologies (LLL +0.26%) was rated a new ‘Overweight’ at Alembic Global Advisors with a price target of $246.
Antero Midstream Partners LP (AM -1.36%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Stifel with a price target of $35.
Lockheed Martin (LMT +0.95%) was rated a new ‘Overweight’ at Alembic Global Advisors with a price target of $408.
General Dynamics (GD +1.40%) was rated a new ‘Overweight’ at Alembic Global Advisors with a price target of $252.
HEICO (HEI +0.42%) rallied more than 5% in after-hours trading after it reported Q3 EPS of 49 cents, better than consensus of 45 cents.
Phibro Animal Health (PAHC +5.42%) reported Q4 net sales of $211.8 million, above consensus of $208.0 million, and then forecast full-year net sales of $850 million to $875 million, the midpoint higher than consensus of $851 million.
Brooks Automation (BRKS +2.02%) gained more than 2% in after-hours trading after it announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to sell its semiconductor cryogenics business to Edwards Vacuum, a unit of Atlas Copco Group, for $675 million in cash.
Wright Medical Group NV (WMGI -4.22%) slid 4% in after-hours trading after it announced commencement of a registered underwritten public offering of $440 million of its shares of common stock.
BWX Technologies (BWXT +0.43%) was rated a new ‘Overweight’ at Alembic Global Advisors with a price target of $73.
Mitek Systems (MITK -4.49%) fell 4% in after-hours trading after it said current CEO, Jim DeBello, will be transitioning out of his role effective January 1, 2019.
Lattice Semiconductor (LSCC -0.79%) climbed more than 4% in after-hours trading after it named Jim Anderson, former general manager and senior vice president of Advanced Micro Devices, as president and CEO effective September 4.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 International trade in goods
8:30 Retail Inventories (Advance)
8:30 Wholesale Inventories (Advance)
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.
10:00 State Street Investor Confidence Index
1:00 PM Results of $34B, 5-Year Note Auction
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
this week’s Economic Numbers/Reports powered by ECONODAY