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Gainers

• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) up 1.50 percent to $10.18. Nat gas contracts are $0.059 higher to $4.039 per mmBtu as General Electric (NYSE: GE) made recent comments that gas turbine sales are returning, causing speculation of increased nat gas demand.
• SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) up 0.59 percent to $118.43.
  
  After starting out in negative territory today, many markets are perking up this afternoon.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before The Market Opens Earnings: AMCOL International Corp.

(NYSE: ACO) - consensus EPS $0.56 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) - consensus EPS $1.46 Athenahealth, Inc.

(Nasdaq: ATHN) - consensus EPS $0.18 Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE: CAT) - consensus EPS $1.79 Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS) - consensus EPS $0.24 Columbus McKinnon Corp (Nasdaq: CMCO) - consensus EPS $0.24 Complete Production Services, Inc.

(NYSE: CPX) - consensus EPS $0.64 Dover Corp.

UPGRADES Benchmark lifts Travelzoo (Nasdaq: TZOO) from Hold to Buy, nearly doubling its price target from $66 to $123. Click Here for more color.

Goldman Sachs raises Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) from Sell to Neutral, boosting its price target from $52 to $109.

UPGRADES Goldman Sachs upgrades Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) from Neutral to Buy, raising their price target from $34 to $42. Click Here for more color.

Citi upgraded Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) from Hold to Buy, with a price target increased from $16 to $22.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before The Market Opens Economics: 8:30am EDT

• CPI - Street sees (0.1%)
• Core CPI - Street sees 0.1%

9:00am EDT

• Net Long-Term TIC Flows - no Street consensus

Earnings: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) - consensus EPS $0.22 Citigroup (NYSE: C) - consensus EPS $0.05 Datalink Corp.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before Market Opens: Earnings: Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

UPGRADES: Oppenheimer upgraded General Electric (NYSE: GE) today from Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $17 to $18.

Sandford C. Bernstein also upgraded General Electric from Market Perform to Outperform and raised their price target from $18 to $19.

Investors are reacting positively to the two upgrades of General Electric (NYSE: GE) today. Piper Jaffray upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Underweight to Neutral.

Price target increased from $12 to $13.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 9:00am ET

• Net Long-Term Treasury International Capital Flows - Street Sees $30.0B

9:15am ET

• Capacity Utilization - Street Sees 69.7%
• Industrial Production - Street Sees 0.1%

Earnings: A.O.

Smith Corp. (NYSE: AOS) - consensus EPS $0.69 Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) - consensus loss ($0.07) First Horizon National Corp.

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes: UPGRADES: eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) upgraded at UBS and Piper Jaffray.

Bernstein lifted its investment rating on Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) shares from Market Perform to Outperform. Wells Fargo upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Market Perform to Outperform.

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30am ET

• Building Permits for June - Street expects 524K
• Housing Starts for June - Street expects 530K

Earnings: A.O.