Pfizer — Shares rallied 3.61% following an upgrade by Jeffries to buy from hold.
The firm sees an attractive buying opportunity after Pfizer cut its full-year guidance last week on slumping vaccine sales.
Alignment Healthcare — Shares soared 17.22% after being upgraded to strong buy from outperform by Raymond James.
Tal Education — The education technology stock popped 6.73% after UBS upgraded shares to a buy rating, citing an attractive valuation and tailwinds from Tal Education's nonacademic tutoring business.
Greenbrier — Shares of the transportation services company gained 3.81% Monday morning after Susquehanna upgraded the stock to a positive rating.
Persons:
Dow, Lululemon, Jeffries, Novavax, Raymond James, Morgan Stanley, Jim Ratcliffe, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al Thani, Glazer, Tal Education's, Charles Schwab —, Schwab, Albemarle —, Albemarle, Bascome, Henry Schein —, Yun Li, Fred Imbert, Hakyung Kim, Samantha Subin, Alex Harring, Pia Singh, Lisa Han
Organizations:
Dow Jones Indices, Activision, Microsoft, Pfizer —, Pfizer, Moderna, News Corp, Reuters, Street, Street Journal, Systems, Manchester United, Tal Education, UBS, Liontown, Greenbrier —, Susquehanna
Locations:
BioNTech, Greenbrier