Morning Coffee Pre-Market Wall Street News

U.S. Durable Goods Miss Estimates. The Commerce Department reported that durable goods orders fell 7.3% marking the largest decline since last August. Durable goods are manufactured products designed to last three years or more. Wall Street economist had estimated that durable goods would fall only 4% in July. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft fell 3.3%, ending four months of gains. It was the biggest fall since February. Economists had expected capital goods orders to increase 0.5%. The decline in orders for both durable and capital goods suggests manufacturing is slowing and that the economy may not grow in Q3 as much as some expected.  

Upgrades:

Adobe Systems (ADBE): Pacific Crest raised their rating from Sector Perform to Outperform and placed a target price of $60.00 on the company.

Aeropostale (AEO): Brean Capital raised their rating from Sell to Hold.

Altera (ALTR): Citigroup raised their rating from Neutral to Buy and raised their target price from $39.00 to $41.00.

Amgen (AMGN): Piper Jaffray raised their rating from Neutral to Overweight and raised their target price from $120.00 to $140.00.

Big Lots (BIG): JPMorgan raised their rating from Underweight to Neutral and placed a target price of $32.25 on the company. Pre-market: 33.00 +0.75 (2.33%)

Dollar Tree (DLTR): Deutsche Bank raised their rating from Hold to Buy and placed a target price of $60.00 on the company. Pre-market: 53.97 +0.68 (1.28%)

Hasbro (HAS): Citigroup raised their rating from Sell to Buy and raised their target price from $40.00 to $53.00.

Downgrades:

Family Dollar Store (FDO): Deutsche Bank lowered their rating from Buy to Hold and placed a target price of $74.00 on the company. Pre-market: 71.88 -0.40 (-0.55%)

Tyson Foods (TSN): BofA Merrill Lynch lowered their rating from Buy to Neutral and placed a target price of $32.00 on the company. Pre-market: 30.76 -0.72 (-2.29%)

Markets: 
Futures at 8:31: Dow -0.14%. S&P -0.07%. Nasdaq +0.06%. Crude -0.15% at $106.24. Gold +0.06% to $1396.70. U.S. 10 Year +4/32 2.799%.

Europe: London closed. Paris -0.32%. Frankfurt -0.01%. 

Asia: Japan -0.18% to 13636. Hong Kong +0.65% to 22005. China +1.90% to 2096. India +0.21% to 18558.