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Upgrades before the market open
General Motors (GM) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus; target $56
Chevron (CVX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at HSBC Securities; target raised to $105
Intel (INTC) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Cowen; target raised to $75
Intel (INTC) upgraded to Overweight from Equal-Weight at Morgan Stanley; target $70
Intel (INTC) upgraded to Neutral from Underweight at Atlantic Equities; target raised to $55
Intel (INTC) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital Markets; target raised to $70
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Market focus
- U.S. retail sales unexpectedly decline in December
- U.S. consumer sentiment index decreases more than anticipated in early January
- Key events for next week: China GDP, eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment index, UK, Canada and New Zealand CPI, Bank of Canada, ECB and Bank of Japan interest rate decisions, Australian unemployment rate, Eurozone, UK and US PMIs
- U.S. industrial production grows much more than forecast in December
Forex is open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week (except national holidays), and it can be broken up to the following four regional markets: Australia and Oceania, Asia, Europe, and America. A Forex trading session opens at 23:00 GMT on Sunday in Japan and closes at 22:00 GMT on Friday in the USA.
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| Pacific | Wellington | 19:00 | 04:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 |
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| Pacific | Sydney | 21:00 | 06:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 | 00:00 | 09:00 |
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| Asian | Tokyo | 23:00 | 08:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 | 02:00 | 11:00 |
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| Asian | Hong Kong, Singapore | 00:00 | 09:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 | 03:00 | 12:00 |
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| European | 06:00 | 15:00 | 09:00 | 18:00 | 9:00 | 18:00 | |
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| European | London | 07:00 | 16:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 | 10:00 | 19:00 |
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| American | New York | 12:00 | 21:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 | 15:00 | 00:00 |
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| American | Chicago | 13:00 | 22:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 | 16:00 | 01:00 |
