Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BHP, XOM, HAL, ICE, JCG, PNC, PLD, SCHN, SHW, SY, TXN, VOD)

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Published: July 20, 2010 8:33 am

These are some of the top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning:

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) Raised to Overweight at Barclays; Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) Maintained Outperform but target cut to $78 at RBC.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) Maintained Outperform but target cut to $35 at RBC.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) Raised to Outperform at BMO.
J. Crew Group, Inc. (NYSE: JCG) Raised to Outperform at Cowen & Co.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) Started as Outperform at BMO.
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) Raised to Outperform at RBC.
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN) Started as Buy at UBS.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch.
Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY) Cut to Hold at Benchmark.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity Research.
Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) Cut to Hold at ING.

JON C. OGG

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