Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) Up 4.3% After Baird Upgrade

Shares of Associated Banc-Corp ASBC ended Monday trading up 4.37% at $14.34 per share. The company's stock was upgraded by Robert W. Baird & Co. to a rating of Outperform and its price target raised to $17 per share. Associated Banc-Corp opened Monday morning at $14.17 per share, then traded throughout the day between $13.95 and $14.47 per share. Volume of 3.3 million shares was about 1 and a half times the daily average volume of nearly 2.3 million shares. Associated Banc-Corp has a 52 week trading range of $8.92 to $16.30 per share and a market capitalization of $2.48 billion.