The Stocks Wall Street Is Watching
The following stocks may be
impacted due to significant news as noted:
In the chip biz, Texas Instruments
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has announced that it will buy back 18 million shares, and is up over 2% in the
pre-market.
Retailer Target
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by Piper Jaffray to "strong buy" from "outperform", and has also received
positive comments from Goldman Sachs who believes the stock has attractive
valuation.
Tobacco company Altria
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York Supreme Court case as a defendant against a former smoker.
Gold mining company Barrick Gold
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has been downgraded by Prudential to "hold" from "buy".
In the biotech sector,
Biogen
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has been downgraded by JP Morgan to "neutral" from "overweight". And, Cima
Labs has beat its fourth-quarter earnings expectations by $0.04 with profits
of $0.45 per share.
Pre-market action:
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ICPT |
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APHT |
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+3.5%,
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TGT |
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ATVI |
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(
BEAS |
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