Watchlist, upgrades downgrades, gap stocks

posted by:  elvis                                     date:  12/8/2010

Watchlist:  BHP RIO LVS FCX SLB TTM BIDU DECK WLT MOS ANR APC CLF CREE CTXS FDX  (not on easy to borrow list:  CREE CLF TTM)
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Advancers  Fortune Brands Inc. (FO 63.97+2.82+4.61%)  shares were up 5.5% ahead of Wall Street’s open. The Deerfield, Ill., liquor and consumer-products company plans to split into three businesses. Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (OREX 11.68+6.81+139.84%) shares leaped in preopen trade after the biotechnology company garnered the support of an advisory panel to federal regulators for Contrave, its weight-reduction drug candidate. Orexigen rivals also gained, with Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ARNA 1.68+0.27+19.15%) shares gaining 11% and Vivus Inc. (VVUS 9.48+1.68+21.54%)  shares advancing 16%.

Decliners  KKR Financial Holdings LLC (KFN 8.97-0.51-5.38%) shares fell 6.7% after the specialty finance company announced the sale of 18 million shares to finance acquisitions.  Puda Coal Inc.’s (PUDA 13.44-1.16-7.95%)  U.S.-listed shares declined 13% after the steel-industry supplier announced a public offering of its common stock.  Polypore International Inc. (PPO 38.25-2.74-6.69%)  shares were off 6.7% after the maker of technology used in batteries announced a public offering of 4 million shares of common stock.

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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALTR, ACI, CBOE, FWLT, GE, JBHT, KSU, NFLX, NSC, PCX, CRM, MMM, UNP, URI, VVUS, XLNX)
Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Started as Neutral at Janney.
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Hold at Citigroup.
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) Started as Hold at Jefferies.
Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Reiterated Outperform and $22 target at Credit Suisse.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) Cut to Sell at Citigroup.
Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $158 at BofA/ML.
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) Started as Positive at Susquehanna.
United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) Started as Outperform and $30 target at Credit Suisse.
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) Raised to Buy and target raised to $12 from $6 at BofA/ML
Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) Started as Neutral at Janney

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