(By Balachander) A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts on Monday.
Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE: ARO): Janney Capital downgraded its rating on the stock to "Neutral" from "Buy". Shares tumbled 6.23 percent to trade at $13.55.
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB): Bernstein upgraded its rating on the stock to "Outperform" from "Market Perform". BTIG upgraded its rating to "Neutral" from "Sell". Shares jumped 7.93 percent to trade at $25.90.
Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN): RW Baird downgraded its rating on the stock to "Neutral" from "Outperform". The stock fell 3.46 percent to trade at $51.10.
McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD): Lazard Capital downgraded its rating on the stock to "Neutral" from "Buy". Shares retreated 1.11 percent to trade at $86.08.
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM): CIBC upgraded its rating on the stock to "Sector Outperformer - Speculative" from "Sector Underperformer". The stock lost 0.26 percent to trade at $11.62.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO): Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded its rating on the stock to "Conviction Buy" from "Buy" and raised price target to $24 from $22. Shares gained 1.00 percent to trade at $18.76.