Before the Open (Nov 26)

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend.
The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Italy, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines did very well; New Zealand and Australia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. Denmark, France, Turkey, Germany, South Africa, Norway, Spain and Italy are up the most; Poland and Russia are down. Futures in the States point towards a big gap up 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…
Intuit (INTU -0.68%) was upgraded to ‘Outperform’ from ‘Sector Perform’ at RBC Capital Markets with a price target of $242.
American Homes (AMH unch) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Goldman Sachs with a price target of $24.
Schlumberger (SLB -2.67%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Hold’ at HSBC with a price target of $64.
Nvidia (NVDA +0.20%) was rated a new ‘Outperform’ at Credit Suisse with a price target of $225.
Southern Copper (SCCO -10.50%) was downgraded to ‘Reduce’ from ‘Hold’ at HSBC with a price target of $32.
WildHorse Resource Department (WRD -2.88%) was downgraded to ‘Market Perform’ from ‘Outperform’ at Wells Fargo Securities with a price target of $30.
Axonics Modulation Technologies (AXNX +1.29%) was rated a new ‘Buy’ at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey with a price target of $20.
Scana (SCG +0.99%) was upgraded to ‘Buy’ from ‘Neutral’ at Guggenheim Securities with a price target of $49.
CytomX Therapeutics (CTMX)was rated a new ‘Overweight’ at Piper Jaffray with a price target of $22.
Plantronics (PLT +1.58%) rose more than 3% in after-hours trading after Reuters reported that Logitech is in talks to buy Logitech.
Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 Chicago Fed National Activity Index
10:30 Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey
1:00 PM Results of $39B, 2-Year Note Auction
Other…
today’s upgrades/downgrades from briefing.com
this week’s Earnings from Morningstar
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