Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ANF, AGAM, BIDU, DE, GENZ, HBC, SVA, USB, X, FCX)

These are this morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls:

Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) Raised to Outperform at FBR.

AGA Medical (AGAM) Started as Buy at Citigroup; Started as Market Perform at Wells Fargo; Started as Buy at Deutsche Bank.

Baidu, Inc. (BIDU) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein.
Deere & Co. (DE) Raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Genzyme (GENZ) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.
HSBC Holdings plc (HBC) Raised to Buy at BofA Merrill Lynch; Started as Outperform at FBR.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA) Reiterated Overweight at Piper Jaffray.
US BAncorp (USB) Raised to Outperform at Baird.
US Steel (X) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman Sachs; replaces Freeport McMoRan (FCX).

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JON C. OGG