(By Balaseshan) A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts on Tuesday.
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) upgraded to "Hold" from "Sell" at Drexel Hamilton. Shares gained 2.03 percent to trade at $20.64.
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) upgraded to "Outperform" from "Sector Perform" at RBC Capital. Shares added 2.41 percent to trade at $50.50.
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) downgraded to "Equal Weight" from "Overweight" at Evercore Partners. Shares inched up 0.18 percent to trade at $33.79.
Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) downgraded to "Neutral" from "Buy" at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Shares shed 0.49 percent to trade at $34.48.
Atmel Corp. (NASDAQ: ATML) downgraded to "Market Perform" from "Outperform" at FBR Capital Markets. The company's rating was lowered to "Neutral" from "Outperform" at Zacks. Shares declined 1.99 percent to trade at $6.41.
Aon Plc (NYSE: AON) upgraded to "Buy" from "Hold" at Sandler O'Neill. Shares gained 1.53 percent to trade at $60.36.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) downgraded to "Neutral" from "Buy" at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. Shares inched 0.29 percent lower to trade at $113.68.
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (NYSE: ADM) downgraded to "Market Perform" from "Outperform" at BMO Capital Markets. Shares inched down 0.22 percent to trade at $31.63.