Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Sterne Agee on better-than-expected unit growth and nonresidential construction recovery.
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was reiterated at Buy with a street-high $164 price target (versus a $115.24 close), based on strong September quarter plane deliveries, according to Sterne Agee.
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citigroup, sending shares down 2%.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $58 (versus a $49.18 close), now that the Instagram monetization will begin before year-end, according to Sterne Agee.
HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE: HFC) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) was reiterated as Buy and the price target was raised to $54 from $52, based in part on the restructuring program taking $2.5 billion out of its cost structure by 2015, according to Argus.
Northern Tier Energy L.P. (NYSE: NTI) was raised to Outperform from Neutral and the price target was raised to $29 from $28 at Credit Suisse.
Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) was reiterated at Outperform and the price target was raised to $6 from $5 after comparable sales were better than expected, according to Credit Suisse.
Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) was downgraded to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) was downgraded to Neutral from Outperform, but the price target was raised to $160 from $149, at Credit Suisse.
Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
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