Greece and Spain Recapitalize
Banks. Greece has provided over €18B
to its four largest banks in an attempt to recapitalize them and prevent a collapse
of their banking system. The recapitalization came from the European Financial
Stability Facility rescue fund and will go to prop up Alpha Bank, Eurobank,
National Bank and Piraeus Bank. Additionally,
former Prime Minister Papademos warned that unless the Greek June 17th
election can produce a stable government, Greece’s finances could collapse.
In Spain Bankia will issue new debt to recapitalize, versus injecting
bonds into the company. Prime Minister Rajoy yesterday said he had ruled out an
external bank rescue even as Spain is "finding it very difficult to
finance itself."
Upgrades
Gulfport Energy (GPOR): RBC Capital Markets raised their rating from Sector Perform
to Outperform.
Cracker Barrel (CBRL): Argus
raised their rating from Hold to Buy and
placed a target price of $72.00 on the company.
Salesforce.com (CRM):Oppenheimer
raised their rating from Perform to Outperform
and placed a target price of $180.00 on the company. Pre-market: 147.80 +0.80 (0.54%)
Jack In The Box (JACK):
Wedbush raised their rating from Underperform to Neutral and raised their target price from $21.00 to $25.00.
L-3 Communications (LLL):
Oppenheimer raised their rating from Underperform to Perform.
ConocoPhillips (COP):
Citigroup raised their rating from Neutral to Buy and raised their target price from $64.80 to $67.00. Pre-market: 52.89 +0.78 (1.50%)
Foot Locker (FL):
Deutsche Bank raised their rating from Hold to Buy and raised their target price from $32.00 to $48.00. Pre-market: 33.30 +0.88 (2.71%)
Downgrades
Viacom (VIAB): Caris & Company lowered their
rating from Buy to Above Average and lowered their target price from
$58.00 to $56.00.
NetApp (NTAP): Argus
lowered their rating from Buy to Hold.
Pre-market: 28.93 +0.32 (1.12%)
Tenet Healthcare (THC):
CRT Capital lowered their rating from Buy to Fair Value. Pre-market: 4.75 0.00 (0.00%)
Coverage Initiated
Facebook (FB): CLSA
initiated coverage with a Buy rating
and target price of $40.00. Pre-market: 31.50 -0.41 (-1.28%)
Tilly’s (TLYS):
William Blair initiated coverage with an Outperform
rating.
Tilly’s (TLYS): Piper
Jaffray initiated coverage with an Overweight
rating and target price of $20.00.
Adidas (ADDYY):
JPMorgan initiated coverage with a Neutral
rating.
Markets:
Futures at 8:34: Dow +0.66%. S&P +0.60%. Nasdaq +0.67%. Crude +0.30% to $91.13. Gold +0.09% to $1574.40.
Futures at 8:34: Dow +0.66%. S&P +0.60%. Nasdaq +0.67%. Crude +0.30% to $91.13. Gold +0.09% to $1574.40.
Europe: London +0.33%. Paris +0.73%. Frankfurt +0.88%.
Asia: Japan +0.74%. Hong Kong +1.35%. China +1.20%. India +0.13%.
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