Top 5 Upgrades:
Baird upgraded Starbucks $Starbucks (SBUX.US)$ to Outperform from Neutral with a price target of $110, up from $81. The firm sees a more favorable risk/reward on Starbucks shares following the hiring of Brian Niccol as CEO.
Barclays upgraded Dell Technologies $Dell Technologies (DELL.US)$ to Equal Weight from Underweight with an unchanged price target of $97. The firm says much of the artificial intelligence "hype" ...

Utility stocks were the clear stars of the $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ in Wednesday morning trading.
The sector of the S&P 500 was up 0.8%. Health care was the only other of the index’s 11 sectors to trade in the green with a relatively modest 0.2% advance. The S&P 500 as a whole was down around 0.4%.Health care was the only other of the index’s 11 sectors to trade in the green with a relatively modest 0.2% advance.
The S&P 500 as a whole was down around ...

Gapping up
$Union Pacific (UNP.US)$ +9.5% (The company said CEO Lance Fritz would have a successor named this year. Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy from neutral following the news.)
$Seagen (SGEN.US)$ +14.9% (The Wall Street Journal reported that Pfizer is in talks to acquire the cancer drugmaker, which has a market value of about $30 billion.)
$Berkshire Hathaway-B (BRK.B.US)$ +0.32% (The company Saturday that its operating pro...

Norfolk Southern Upgraded to Outperform From Peer Perform at Wolfe Research
Wolfe Research analyst Scott Group upgraded $Norfolk Southern (NSC.US)$ to Outperform from Peer Perform with a $255 price target. The shares have underperformed since the Ohio derailment about two weeks ago, but the company's near-term trends look more favorable with volumes up 3% quarter-to-date, above expectations and best among the U.S. rails, the analyst tells...