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Last Update: 02-Apr-13 10:56 ET
S&P Consumer Discretionary Index 0.88%, modestly outperforming the broader market
The consumer discretionary group is slightly outperforming the broader market in early trade. The retail group is also in the green with the Retail HOLDRS Trust (RTH) 0.7% and the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) 0.7%.
Trading higher following earnings/guidance: HTZ +7%, URBN +5% (also initiated with an Overweight at Barclays), LOOK +0.4%... Near unchanged mark following earnings/guidance: SCVL Other notable mentions: AMZN (has hired former Windows phone exec Charlie Kindel, according to reports; initiated with a Neutral at UBS), LNKD ( cautious comments from short selling firm being cited as relative weakness), Leaders: SVU 1.2% (S.A.C. Capital discloses 5.1% passive stake in 13G filing), YELP 2.5% (SinglePlatform, a division of Constant Contact announced that YELP is a menu publisher in SinglePlatform's publishing partner network, initiated with a Buy at UBS), CACH 4.7% (names Daphne Pappas as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandise Officer) Analyst related: Upgrades: HBI 3% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays), GNC 2.6% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank)... Downgrades: HSY 0.1% (downgraded before the open to Sell at Edward Jones)... Misc: UA 3.8%, LTD 1.8%, GPS 1%, AEO 2.4% (initiated with an Overweight at Barclays), FINL 0.4%, ARO 1%, FOSL 1% and MFB -0.6% ( initiated with an Equal Weight at Barclays ), ANF -1.3% (initiated with an Underweight at Barclays), PCLN 0.7%, EBAY 1.1%, EXPE 1.5%, AOL 0.8% (initiated with a Buy at UBS), ZNGA 0.2%, TRIP -1.4%, LNKD 0.3% and EA -0.2% (initiated with a Neutral at UBS), GRPN -0.1% (initiated with a Sell at UBS), ZNGA -7.2% (initiated with a Neutral at UBS), BWLD 0.2% (initiated with a Neutral at Credit Suisse), P 1.2% (Hearing positive comments at Pacific Crest related to STRATA integration; reits Outperform and $17 tgt ),
Trading higher following earnings/guidance: HTZ +7%, URBN +5% (also initiated with an Overweight at Barclays), LOOK +0.4%... Near unchanged mark following earnings/guidance: SCVL Other notable mentions: AMZN (has hired former Windows phone exec Charlie Kindel, according to reports; initiated with a Neutral at UBS), LNKD ( cautious comments from short selling firm being cited as relative weakness), Leaders: SVU 1.2% (S.A.C. Capital discloses 5.1% passive stake in 13G filing), YELP 2.5% (SinglePlatform, a division of Constant Contact announced that YELP is a menu publisher in SinglePlatform's publishing partner network, initiated with a Buy at UBS), CACH 4.7% (names Daphne Pappas as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandise Officer) Analyst related: Upgrades: HBI 3% (upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays), GNC 2.6% (upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank)... Downgrades: HSY 0.1% (downgraded before the open to Sell at Edward Jones)... Misc: UA 3.8%, LTD 1.8%, GPS 1%, AEO 2.4% (initiated with an Overweight at Barclays), FINL 0.4%, ARO 1%, FOSL 1% and MFB -0.6% ( initiated with an Equal Weight at Barclays ), ANF -1.3% (initiated with an Underweight at Barclays), PCLN 0.7%, EBAY 1.1%, EXPE 1.5%, AOL 0.8% (initiated with a Buy at UBS), ZNGA 0.2%, TRIP -1.4%, LNKD 0.3% and EA -0.2% (initiated with a Neutral at UBS), GRPN -0.1% (initiated with a Sell at UBS), ZNGA -7.2% (initiated with a Neutral at UBS), BWLD 0.2% (initiated with a Neutral at Credit Suisse), P 1.2% (Hearing positive comments at Pacific Crest related to STRATA integration; reits Outperform and $17 tgt ),
