Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China surged 4%; Hong Kong and the Philippines also did well. India, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the upside. The UK, Germany, Russia, Greece, South Africa, Kenya, Israel and Austria are up; Norway and Hungary are down. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.
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The dollar is up. Oil is down; copper is up. Gold and silver are mixed and little changed. Bonds are up.
Overnight Stock Movers from barchart.com…
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG -0.74%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Sector Perform’ at RBC Capital Markets with a price target of $510.
Occidental Petroleum (OXY +0.39%) was upgraded to ‘Strong Buy’ from ‘Outperform’ at Raymond James with a price target of $90.
Lennar (LEN -3.75%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at Deutsche Bank with a price target of $51.
Union Pacific (UNP +0.12%) was cut to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Equal-Weight’ at Morgan Stanley with a price target of $134.
Arco Platform Ltd (ARCE -1.04%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $26.
RA Medical Systems (RMED +11.72%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey with a price target of $16.
Urovant Sciences Ltd (UROV +4.02%) was rated anew ‘Overweight’ at JPMorgan Chase with a price target of $21.
Tribune Media (TRCO +0.28%) may open higher initially this morning after Gamco Investors reported a 5.47% stake in the company after the close of trading on Friday.
International Seaways (INSW +2.23%) may initially open lower this morning after it filed a $100 million mixed securities shelf after the close on Friday.
Bank OZK (OZK -26.77%) was downgraded by Morgan Stanley to ‘Equal-Weight’ from ‘Overweight.’
Thursday’s Key Earnings
American Express (NYSE:AXP) +1% AH on card member spending.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) -2.2% amid Saudi funding concerns.
Paypal (NASDAQ:PYPL) +7.6% AH beating estimates, growth in Venmo.
Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) +3.5% on market share gains.
SAP (NYSE:SAP) -7.6% as its cloud unit dragged on margins.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 Chicago Fed National Activity Index
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
this week’s Economic Numbers/Reports powered by ECONODAY
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The pc ratio has been quite high. A move to the upside would appear likely. I suspect fear of the election is holding the rally back.
semiconductor stocks (SMH or SOX) are testing major support that held for a year. looking at the chart makes me dizzy. if it breaks, watch out. interesting how semis led the market lower again.