End-of-Day Market Summary for November 28, 2011

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' summary for Monday, November 28, 2011, covering headlines from Monday's trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 291.23 points or 2.59%, the S&P 500 traded 2.92% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 3.52%, and the U.S. dollar trades lower near the $79.37 level. Earlier today, UBS upgraded Verizon Communications

to Buy and Citi upgraded Genworth Financial

to Buy. View all of

. Sterne Agee downgraded Research in Motion

to Neutral and Credit Suisse downgraded Eaton Vance

to Underperform. View all of

. Overseas, European markets ended their trading session higher. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 2.87%, Germany's DAX increased by 4.6% and France's CAC 40 rallied by 5.46% on the session. Asian stocks ended their session higher as well. China's Shanghai Index rallied by 0.25%, Japan's Nikkei 225 increased by 1.56%, and the Hang Seng index gained 1.97%. On the economic calendar, New Home Sales came in at 307K versus an estimate of 315K; Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity came in at 3.2 versus an estimate of 5. On the commodity front,

and

futures traded mixed today, with gold trading about 0.02% higher today. Energy futures are mixed, as well, with

up over 1% near the $97.90 level and

futures are trading higher by about 2.5%.

futures are lower by about 3.25% and

futures are trading over 0.3% lower. On the earnings front, Lentuo International

Reports Q3 EPS $0.06 vs $0.08 Est; Revenues $104.2M vs $116.80M Est; Hillenbrand

Reports Q4 EPS $0.48 vs $0.37 Est; Revenues $231.2M vs $218.80M Est; Thor

Reports Q1 EPS $0.41 vs $0.43 Est; Revenues $673M vs $673.68M Est. In corporate news, Cousins Properties Inc

announced that

. Legg Mason

announced that

. Its ETF plans include securities tracking corporate debt, sovereign debt, and mortgage-backed securities. Shutterfly

announced that

. Today's Movers include:

This concludes your news summary for November 28, 2011.