Benzinga's Top Upgrades - Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX), AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB)

Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus upgraded Finisar Corporation FNSR from Hold to Buy. Finisar shares gained 4.39 percent to $23.30 in pre-market trading.
Deutsche Bank upgraded Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co GT from Hold to Buy. Goodyear Tire shares rose 2.62 percent to $30.51 in pre-market trading.
Evercore ISI Group upgraded Intel Corporation INTC from Hold to Buy. Intel shares gained 0.89 percent to $36.40 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Jefferies upgraded Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD from Hold to Buy. MercadoLibre shares rose 1.25 percent to $77.85 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Sandler O'Neill upgraded AvalonBay Communities Inc AVB from Hold to Buy. AvalonBay Communities shares rose 0.48 percent to $176.30 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Oppenheimer upgraded Equinix Inc EQIX from Perform to Outperform. Equinix shares gained 0.68 percent to $374.00 in pre-market trading.
Bank of America upgraded Greif, Inc. GEF from Neutral to Buy. Greif shares gained 2.06 percent to $47.03 in pre-market trading.
Analysts at Macquarie upgraded Frontier Communications Corp FTR from Underperform to Neutral. Frontier Communications shares rose 1.10 percent to $4.61 in pre-market trading.
JP Morgan upgraded Oneok Partners LP OKS from Underweight to Neutral. The price target for ONEOK Partners has been raised from $34 to $40. ONEOK Partners shares rose 0.77 percent to close at $39.29 on Friday.
Barclays upgraded Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) SAN from Equal-weight to Overweight. Banco Santander shares rose 1.32 percent to $4.62 in pre-market trading.

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