Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APC, APA, AMAT, BBY, BP, CVX, CSCO, COP, XOM, KFT, NBL, SYMC, VLO)

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

• Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Apache (APA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Applied Material (AMAT) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.
• Best Buy (BBY) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.
• BP plc (BP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Chevron (CVX) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Cisco Systems (CSCO) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.
• ConocoPhillips (COP) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Exxon Mobil (XOM) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Kraft (KFT) Raised to Buy at UBS.
• Noble Energy (NBL) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Symantec (SYMC) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.
• Valero (VLO) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer.

Jon C. Ogg
October 20, 2008