Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (AMAG, ANDE, BAC, BMC, CDNS, CTXS, IPAR, JEF, MDR, MYGN, NUVA, SYMC)

These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we are seeing this Wednesday morning:

• AMAG Pharmaceuticals (AMAG) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan
• Andersons (ANDE) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer
• Bank of America (BAC) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• BMC Software (BMC) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan
• Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
• Citrix Systems (CTXS) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan
• Inter Parfums (IPAR) Raised to Buy at Piper Jaffray
• Jefferies (JEF) Raised to Market Perform at KBW
• McDermott International (MDR) Started as Buy at American Tech Research
• Myriad Genetics (MYGN) Started as Outperform at Oppenheimer
• NuVasive (NUVA) Started as Overweight as JPMorgan
• Symantec (SYMC) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan

Jon C. Ogg
October 8, 2008