MARKET WRAPS
Watch For:
U.S. Durable Goods Orders for June; S&P CoreLogic
Case-Shiller Home Price Index for May; Conference Board Consumer
Confidence; Alphabet Inc. 2Q earnings; Apple Inc. 3Q earnings;
Microsoft Corp. 4Q earnings; Raytheon Technologies 2Q earnings;
United Parcel Service Inc. 2Q earnings; Visa Inc. 3Q earnings;
Mondelez International Inc. 2Q earnings; Starbucks Corp. 3Q
earnings; General Electric Co. 2Q earnings.
Opening Call:
Stock futures ticked lower Tuesday as investors awaited earnings
reports from the biggest technology giants and data on the
manufacturing sector.
U.S. stocks have been grinding higher as investors cheered
strong corporate results and upbeat guidance from some of the
largest American businesses. At the same time, concerns are
lingering over the Delta-variant of Covid-19, supply-chain
problems, a spike in inflation and cooling economic growth.
"We've been characterizing this market as a jetliner that has
lifted off and is coming out of the Covid-19 air pocket, but is
still trying to find an appropriate cruising altitude," said Kara
Murphy, chief investment officer at Kestra Holdings. "We are seeing
economic data going from great levels to good levels: that is still
indicative of economic growth."
Earnings reports from behemoths including Microsoft, Apple and
Google-parent Alphabet after markets close Tuesday could offer
insights into how those companies are faring as lockdowns end and
supply constraints for key products persist. Visa and Starbucks are
also among the companies that will publish results, making it a
blockbuster day in the earnings season.
Other blue chip firms set to post results before markets open
include United Parcel Service, General Electric, 3M and Raytheon
Technologies.
"We have seen earnings expectations continue to be ratcheted up
quite significantly, but lots of companies are still beating
expectations," said Ms. Murphy.
Investors will be able to parse data indicating the strength of
the economic rebound later on Tuesday.
U.S. durable goods orders for June, due at 8:30 a.m. ET, are
forecast to rise for a second consecutive month as demand remains
strong. Still, manufacturers have struggled to keep up amid supply
bottlenecks and difficulties finding workers. Data on consumer
confidence is also due to be released at 10 a.m. ET.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slumped as a selloff of tech stocks
deepened, driven by concerns about China's regulatory crackdown in
recent days.
The meltdown in China is weighing on investors' appetite for
stocks in other markets, but the contagion effect is likely to be
limited, according to Altaf Kassam, head of investment strategy for
State Street Global Advisors in Europe.
"The drag on sentiment will be there because China has been the
engine of global growth for years now and seeing its stock market
suffer like this is going to put a question mark on global growth,"
Mr. Kassam said. "Anything that weighs on global growth is going to
have an effect on markets, but it is going to be a second-order
story for global markets."
Social-media giant Tencent Holdings fell 9% while Hong
Kong-listed shares of Alibaba Group, China's biggest e-commerce
company, shed more than 6% by the close of trading.
Forex:
The dollar isn't set for any "meaningful moves" against other
major currencies ahead of the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's
policy meeting on Wednesday, but it may edge higher given Fed
officials could offer more details about discussions on a possible
scaling back of bond purchases, ING said.
"While no Federal Reserve policy changes are expected in July's
meeting, we could hear more about the tapering discussions that
started in June," it said.
ING says there is a growing "hawkishness"--or bias toward
tightening monetary policy--among some Fed policy makers given the
strong U.S. economy and the fact that inflation is running at more
than double the central bank's 2% target.
The pound should rise through next year as an improving U.K.
economic outlook brings the Bank of England closer towards
withdrawing stimulus, MUFG Bank said.
While U.K. coronavirus cases are expected to increase after the
final easing of England's restrictions last week, rising levels of
immunity from vaccines and those who have already had Covid-19 will
help slow the spread, MUFG currency analyst Lee Hardman said.
"The reduced risk of further Covid-related disruption would help
to support the BOE's forecast for a robust recovery this year for
the U.K. economy."
That means the BOE is inching towards tightening policy,
although it will be a gradual process, Hardman said.
Bonds:
The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note ticked
down to 1.249% from 1.276% on Monday. Bond yields and prices move
in opposite directions.
Any dip in economic activity will justify the stance of major
central banks to keep their hugely accommodative policies in place
longer, but many of these factors are already priced into U.S.
Treasury markets, said Mark Holman, chief executive officer of
TwentyFour Asset Management.
"Whilst this political kink in the road may create some further
temporary inflationary pressure, it also serves to take some of the
heat out of the growth, which should help keep Treasuries more
stable, the disruption of which we think is key for risk markets in
Q4," he said.
From a fixed-income credit risk perspective, this isn't expected
to materially change the fundamental outlook, Holman said.
Commodities:
Oil prices waver around flat. Investors will be watching out for
American Petroleum Institute data due later Tuesday and Department
of Energy figures due out Wednesday.
The wild swings seen in oil prices over recent weeks may have
calmed for the moment but natural gas prices in Asia remain firm,
with hotter than usual weather in North-East Asia raising air
conditioner usage, said ING's Warren Patterson.
In Europe, too, gas prices remain near record highs, though the
return of the Nord Stream pipeline from maintenance should ease
those pressures, he added.
Metals prices slipped as China's regulatory crackdown hits risk
assets and boosts safe-havens like the dollar.
Three-month copper on the LME was down 1.7% at $9,692 a metric
ton while aluminum fell 0.2% to $2,498.50 a ton and nickel dropped
2.2% to $19,280 a ton.
The ICE Dollar Index rose weighing on dollar-denominated
commodities such as base metals and gold.
"The never ending mantra from Beijing of speculative activity is
bad and unacceptable is hitting home," says Malcolm Freeman, CEO of
metals brokerage Kingdom Futures.
TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES
Apple Expected to Post Record Profit, With Strong iPhone, Device
Demand
Apple Inc. on Tuesday is expected to post a record
spring-quarter profit, as customers continue to embrace new iPhones
and other devices and investors look for signs the company's
pandemic-induced success will continue.
Analysts predict the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant will post
almost $17 billion in profit for the three-month period that ended
in June, the best fiscal third quarter in its 45-year history.
Revenue is expected to rise 23% from a year earlier to $73
billion.
Read More ->
Credit Suisse Taps Goldman Executive as Post-Archegos Chief Risk
Officer
Credit Suisse Group AG hired a top executive from Goldman Sachs
Group Inc. as its chief risk officer, part of an effort to get a
better grip on risks after losing $5.5 billion from family
investment firm Archegos Capital Management.
David Wildermuth, formerly deputy chief risk officer at Goldman,
will join the executive board and take over from Joachim Oechslin,
who held the role temporarily. Credit Suisse's former chief risk
officer, Lara Warner, was pushed out in April after the Archegos
loss and the separate collapse of a financing partner, Greensill
Capital.
Read More ->
Reckitt Benckiser Swung to 1H Loss on Higher Costs
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC reported on Tuesday a swing to
pretax loss for the first half of the year on lower revenue and
higher costs.
The consumer-goods company--which houses Dettol, Harpic and
Durex among its brands--posted a pretax loss of 1.94 billion pounds
($2.68 billion) for the six months, including a hit of GBP3.20
billion from losses on assets held for sale and disposal of
goodwill and brands. This compares with a profit of GBP1.44 billion
in the year-earlier period.
Read More ->
Investor Cat Rock Urges Just Eat Takeaway to Explore
Combinations, Sell Assets
U.S. investor Cat Rock Capital Management LP said Tuesday that
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV should explore combinations with other
global players and sell noncore assets, putting pressure on the
Grubhub owner to address its share performance.
The investor--which owns 4.7% of the Amsterdam-based
food-delivery company's shares and is one of its top ten
shareholders--said Just Eat Takeaway should invest the money raised
from asset sales in its growth and to buy back the shares used
toward the Grubhub acquisition. Cat Rock also called on the company
to improve transparency on the expected magnitude, composition and
returns of its investments to boost its standing in capital
markets.
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LVMH Books Higher 1H Revenue, Profit as Fashion Sales Surge
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE's earnings rose sharply in
the first half as sales jumped by more than half on the year,
driven by the core soft-luxury division.
The French luxury-goods giant said Monday that it made an
operating profit of 7.63 billion euros ($8.98 billion) in the six
months to end-June, nearly fives times as much as the previous-year
period, and some 44% higher than in the same period of 2019. Sales
increased to EUR28.67 billion from EUR18.39 billion previously.
Read More ->
Tesla's Quarterly Profit Soars to Record $1.1 Billion
Tesla Inc.'s generated a record quarterly profit as the car
maker largely sidestepped the effects of a global chip shortage
that has constricted production for many global auto makers.
The Silicon Valley electric-car maker, as it posted
second-quarter earnings on Monday, said its ability to navigate
ongoing supply-chain challenges would help dictate its pace of
growth in the second half of the year as it races to satisfy
growing demand for battery-powered vehicles.
Read More ->
Intel Sets Plan to Again Become World's Premier Chip Company
The race is on at Intel Corp. as the semiconductor giant pledges
to return to the top of its game, committing to produce the world's
best chips within four years.
To get there, Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger laid out a plan
Monday for the company to introduce at least a new central
processing unit-the brains of the modern computer-every year
between 2021 and 2025. Each is expected to be based on transistor
technology more advanced than the last.
Read More ->
Stocks Keep Climbing, Avoiding Routine Pullbacks
The stock market has been relatively quiet lately.
The benchmark S&P 500 hasn't suffered a 5% pullback since
October and has advanced 35% since the end of that month.
Read More ->
Chinese Tech Stock Selloff Deepens
HONG KONG-Chinese technology shares dropped Tuesday, extending
steep declines in the previous session that were fueled by investor
concerns about China's widening series of crackdowns on tech and
other industries.
By early afternoon in Hong Kong, online gaming and social-media
giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. had fallen 6.7%. The selloff pushed
Tencent's market value down to about $563 billion, according to
FactSet-meaning it has lost about $379 billion of market
capitalization since peaking in mid-February.
Read More ->
Beijing Gives Tech Investors a Brutal New Tutorial
Anyone who bought into Chinese internet stocks hoping for a
bounce following the dramatic fall from grace of ride-hailing giant
Didi has been taught another painful lesson this week. Fighting the
Fed, or Washington, is usually a losing game-but betting against
Beijing's fast-moving, often opaque regulatory apparatus in Xi
Jinping's new era of centralized control is suicidal.
Chinese tech stocks already punished by a widening antitrust and
data-security crackdown have lost billions of dollars in market
value over the past few days as a new selloff hit almost every
single company in the sector. The immediate trigger: new rules that
would basically wipe out much of the booming after-school tutoring
sector. While tightening regulations have long been on the horizon,
the scope and severity of the crackdown still caught investors by
surprise. Goldman Sachs has cut its market-size forecast for
after-school tutoring in 2025 by 85%. Shares of New Oriental
Education have lost 70% since Friday, when the news was first
leaked.
Read More ->
Big Pharma Quietly Pushes Back on Global Tax Deal, Citing
Covid-19 Role
Big drug companies and their lobbyists have a message for
Congress: Don't raise taxes on the industry that brought you
fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines.
Pharma executives, lobbyists and consultants are mobilizing to
fight what has become a threat to drug companies' bottom lines: a
sweeping agreement by many of the world's biggest economies to
better harmonize corporate taxation around the globe. Earlier this
month, 130 countries agreed to broad outlines of a deal that would,
among other steps, establish a minimum corporate tax of 15% within
their countries, reducing opportunities for international tax
avoidance.
Read More ->
Bitcoin Jumps to a Six-Week High
The price of bitcoin jumped to a six-week high Monday, with some
investors attributing the rally to short positions being liquidated
and speculation that Amazon.com Inc. may be venturing into digital
currencies.
Bitcoin soared as high as $40,501.70, according to Dow Jones
Market Data, reaching its highest level since mid-June. It rose 9%
from its 5 p.m. EDT level Sunday. Rival currency Ether jumped
4.8%.
Read More ->
Infrastructure-Bill Negotiators Try to Overcome Late Hurdles
WASHINGTON-A push to complete a roughly $1 trillion
infrastructure agreement hit a series of hurdles Monday, as aides
squabbled over funding for water infrastructure and how to apply a
requirement that federal contractors pay their employees a locally
prevailing wage, among other issues.
Lawmakers had previously set Monday as a target for closing out
their talks and beginning floor consideration of the emerging
agreement, though that timeline seemed to slip as the two sides
sniped at each other.
Read More ->
China Industrial Profit Data for June Signal Relatively Strong,
if Uneven, Recovery
China's industrial profit rose 20.0% from a year earlier in
June, slowing from May's 36.4% expansion as favorable low-base
effects faded.
The profitability of China's industrial companies looks
relatively strong as more than 70% of those surveyed reported
higher profits than what they earned before the coronavirus
pandemic, said the National Bureau of Statistics.
Read More ->
Chinese Officials Blame U.S. for Stalemate in High-Level
Talks
TAIPEI-Senior U.S. and Chinese officials sparred over Covid-19,
human rights and cybersecurity during a tense exchange Monday in
the highest-level meetings between the two countries on Chinese
soil since Joe Biden became president.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng, meeting with U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in the port city of Tianjin on
Monday, said American perceptions of China as an "imagined enemy"
were responsible for a stalemate in relations between the two
powers.
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Foreign Purchases of U.S. Homes Fall to New Low
Foreign purchases of U.S. homes declined for a fourth straight
year as the Covid-19 pandemic sharply limited international
travel.
Foreigners bought $54.4 billion in U.S. residential real estate
in the year ended in March, down 27% from the prior year, according
to a report released Monday by the National Association of
Realtors. That is the lowest level on record since NAR began
collecting the data in 2011.
Read More ->
China's Tech Regulator Orders Companies to Fix Anticompetitive,
Security Issues
China's main technology-sector regulator ordered the country's
internet giants to fix certain anticompetitive practices and data
security threats, building on a regulatory campaign to reform how
China's largest tech companies operate.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which
oversees China's telecommunication and industry policies, said
Monday that its new six-month rectification program was aimed at
correcting a range of industry issues, including disrupting market
order, infringing on users' rights, mishandling user data and
violating other regulations.
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U.S. Moves to Assure India on Afghan Withdrawal, Regional
Security
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting India this week as
the Biden administration seeks to reassure a key Asian partner over
the U.S. and allied military withdrawal from Afghanistan and works
to tighten security ties amid concern about Chinese influence in
the region.
Mr. Blinken will meet Wednesday with Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar, with a U.S. agenda that officials said includes
Covid-19 response, security, defense and cyber issues as well as
counterterrorism cooperation. An Indian official said trade,
investment, healthcare and innovation also would be subjects of
interest to New Delhi.
Read More ->
Tokyo Sets New Daily Record for Covid-19 Cases, With Olympics
Under Way
TOKYO-Tokyo on Tuesday set a new daily record for Covid-19
cases, reporting 2,848 new infections on the fifth day of the
Summer Olympics, which are taking place in the Japanese
capital.
The number of new cases surpassed the previous daily record of
2,520 set in January. The latest tally included cases recorded
early this week after a four-day holiday weekend ended Sunday.
Read More ->
Russia Holds Military Drills Off Japan's Mainland During Tokyo
Olympics
TOKYO-Russia's military doesn't stand down for the Olympics.
On Tuesday, Moscow was set to begin military exercises on an
island near Japan that it seized in 1945 and Tokyo still claims. A
day earlier, Russia's prime minister visited islands in the same
disputed group.
Read More ->
North Korea Reopens Communications Hotline With South Korea,
Breaking a Year of Silence
SEOUL-North Korea reopened direct communication lines with South
Korea, raising the prospect that the Kim Jong Un regime could be
ready for engagement after a protracted period of diplomatic
silence.
The cross-border phone line was activated at 10 a.m. Tuesday
local time, the two Koreas said in separate announcements.
Pyongyang had severed all communication with the Seoul government
since June 2020, after Kim Yo Jong, the dictator's sister,
condemned South Korean activists for sending antiregime leaflets
over the border.
Read More ->
FDA Asks Covid-19 Vaccine Makers to Expand Number of Children in
Tests
The Food and Drug Administration has raised the minimum number
of young children that should be in Covid-19 vaccine trials to
better detect any side effects, people familiar with the matter
said.
A big reason for the change, one of the people said, was to look
for side effects like the rare heart condition known as myocarditis
that surfaced in small numbers of people who took one of the
messenger RNA vaccines after they were authorized.
Read More ->
Cuban Protesters Get Prison Sentences, House Arrest in Summary
Trials
Scores of Cubans who participated in recent mass protests have
received sentences of up to one year in prison or house arrest in
summary trials without due process, civil rights activists and
relatives of detainees say.
Activists estimate that Cuba's security agents detained more
than 600 demonstrators and activists shortly after the wave of
spontaneous, nationwide protests in mid-July. Those were a response
to a sharp deterioration in living conditions and lack of freedom
under six decades of Communist rule.
Read More ->
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TODAY IN CANADA
Earnings:
Capstone Mining Corp. (CS.T) 2Q
Element Fleet Mgmt Corp (EFN.T) 2Q
First Natl Fincl Corp (FN.T) 2Q
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM.T) 2Q
FirstSvc Corp (FSV.T) 2Q
Intact Fincl Corp. (IFC.T) 2Q
MindBeacon Hldgs (MBCN.T) 2Q
Ovintiv Inc (OVV.T) 2Q
Secure Energy Svcs (SES.T) 2Q
Teck Resources Ltd (TECK.A.T) 2Q
Teck Resources Ltd (TECK.B.T) 2Q
Trican Well Svc Ltd. (TCW.T) 2Q
Economic Indicators (ET):
Nothing major scheduled
Stocks to Watch:
*Teck 2Q Adj EPS C$0.63 Vs. Adj EPS C$0.17
*Teck 2Q EPS C$0.48 Vs. Loss C$0.28
*Teck 2Q Rev C$2.56B Vs. C$1.72B >TECK.A.T
Other News:
No items published
Market Talk:
Air Canada's 3Q Should Lifted by Quicker-Than-Expected
Recovery
Air Canada delivered a better-than expected cash-burn rate in 2Q
which BMO says was underpinned by quickly improving bookings and
better handling on cost controls, "which should continue as travel
restrictions ease further." The investment bank also days guidance
suggests positive Ebitda in 3Q "which is earlier than we
anticipated, and we suspect there is significant pent-up demand to
support a quicker recovery than predicted in our prior forecast."
Shares are up 1.2%.
Expected Major Events for Tuesday
05:30/JPN: Jun Tokyo area department store sales
05:30/JPN: Jun Nationwide department store sales
08:00/ITA: Jun Foreign Trade non-EU
08:30/UK: Jun Capital issuance
08:59/JPN: May Final Labour Survey - Earnings, Employment &
Hours Worked
10:00/FRA: 2Q Claimant count and job advertisements collected by
Pole emploi
10:00/UK: Jul CBI Distributive Trades Survey
11:45/US: Weekly Chain Store Sales Index
12:30/US: Jun Advance Report on Durable Goods
12:55/US: 07/24 Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index
13:00/US: May U.S. Monthly House Price Index
13:00/US: May S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices
14:00/US: Jul Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey
14:00/US: 2Q U.S. Housing Vacancies
14:00/US: Jul Consumer Confidence Index
17:00/US: Jun Money Stock Measures
20:30/US: 07/23 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
23:01/UK: Jul REC JobsOutlook survey
23:01/UK: Jul Shop Price Index
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Expected Earnings for Tuesday
3M Company (MMM) is expected to report $2.25 for 2Q.
Arch Resources Inc (ARCH) is expected to report for 2Q.
Armstrong World Industries Inc (AWI) is expected to report $1.04
for 2Q.
Arrow Financial (AROW) is expected to report $0.82 for 2Q.
Asbury Automotive (ABG) is expected to report $5.10 for 2Q.
CIT Group (CIT) is expected to report $0.98 for 2Q.
Camden National (CAC) is expected to report $1.14 for 2Q.
Capital City Bank Group (CCBG) is expected to report $0.55 for
2Q.
Centene Corp (CNC) is expected to report $1.01 for 2Q.
CommVault (CVLT) is expected to report $0.14 for 1Q.
Corning Inc (GLW) is expected to report $0.51 for 2Q.
DTE Energy Co (DTE) is expected to report $1.27 for 2Q.
Ecolab Inc (ECL) is expected to report $1.18 for 2Q.
Entegris Inc (ENTG) is expected to report $0.68 for 2Q.
FTI Consulting (FCN) is expected to report $1.60 for 4Q.
First Foundation Inc (FFWM) is expected to report $0.52 for
2Q.
Firstservice Corp (FSV,FSV.T) is expected to report for 2Q.
Flagstar Bancorp (FBC) is expected to report $1.90 for 2Q.
Franklin Electric (FELE) is expected to report $0.76 for 2Q.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co (GPK) is expected to report $0.27
for 2Q.
IQVIA Holdings Inc (IQV) is expected to report $0.92 for 2Q.
Invesco Ltd (IVZ,IVZ-LN) is expected to report $0.68 for 2Q.
JetBlue Airways (JBLU) is expected to report $-0.35 for 2Q.
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (LW) is expected to report $0.43 for
4Q.
Lincoln Electric Holdings (LECO) is expected to report $1.48 for
2Q.
MSCI Inc (MSCI) is expected to report $2.18 for 2Q.
PACCAR Inc (PCAR) is expected to report $1.37 for 2Q.
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc (PPBI) is expected to report $0.66
for 2Q.
Polaris Inc (PII) is expected to report $2.08 for 2Q.
PulteGroup Inc (PHM) is expected to report $1.74 for 2Q.
Raytheon Technologies Corp (RTX) is expected to report for
2Q.
Rockwell Automation (ROK) is expected to report $1.96 for
3Q.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) is expected to report $2.51 for
2Q.
Shutterstock (SSTK) is expected to report $0.50 for 2Q.
Simmons First National Corp - Class A (SFNC) is expected to
report $0.52 for 2Q.
Teck Resources Ltd - Class B (TECK,TECK.A.T,TECK.B.T) is
expected to report $0.64 for 2Q.
TransUnion (TRU) is expected to report $0.61 for 2Q.
Triton International Limited (TRTN) is expected to report $1.96
for 2Q.
Turning Point Brands Inc (TPB) is expected to report $0.55 for
2Q.
Xerox Holdings Corp (XRX) is expected to report for 2Q.
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ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS
American Electric Power Raised to Buy From Neutral by B of A
Securities
Arcosa Raised to Buy From Neutral by Sidoti & Co.
Asbury Automotive Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Morgan
Stanley
Celanese Raised to Buy From Hold by Vertical Research
DR Horton Raised to Outperform From Neutral by Wedbush
Gap Inc Raised to Buy From Hold by Deutsche Bank
GATX Raised to Positive From Neutral by Susquehanna
Gentex Raised to Buy From Neutral by Seaport Global
Glatfelter Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by BMO
Capital
Glaukos Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Stephens &
Co.
Greenbrier Cos Raised to Positive From Neutral by
Susquehanna
Group 1 Auto Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Morgan
Stanley
Hewlett Packard Ent Raised to Outperform From In-Line by
Evercore ISI Group
Hilltop Holdings Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by
Raymond James
Howard Bancorp Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Stephens
& Co.
Iridium Communications Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight
by Barclays
Kratos Raised to Buy From Neutral by B. Riley Securities
Lowe's Cut to Neutral From Outperform by Wedbush
Medallia Cut to Hold From Buy by Berenberg
Newmont Corporation Cut to Hold From Buy by TD Securities
News Corp Raised to Buy From Neutral by UBS
Pacira BioSciences Raised to Overweight From Neutral by JP
Morgan
Penske Auto Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Morgan
Stanley
PPG Industries Raised to Positive From Neutral by
Susquehanna
Qualys Cut to Hold From Buy by Loop Capital
Reliance Steel Raised to Buy From Neutral by Citigroup
ResMed Cut to Neutral From Overweight by JP Morgan
Six Flags Raised to Outperform From Neutral by Wedbush
SW Energy Raised to Positive From Neutral by Susquehanna
Umpqua Holdings Raised to Neutral From Underweight by JP
Morgan
Veoneer Cut to Neutral From Buy by Mizuho
Zscaler Cut to Hold From Buy by Loop Capital
This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal
newsletter published earlier today.
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