ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Abbvie, Air Products, Applied Materials, KLA Corporation, UnitedHealth...

Every morning, find a selection of analysts' recommendations covering North America and the UK. The list only includes companies that have been the subject of a change of opinion or price target, or of a new coverage. It may be updated during the session. This information can be used to shed light on movements in certain stocks or on market sentiment towards a company.

• Abbvie Inc.: HSBC upgrades to buy from hold with a price target raised from USD 161 to USD 185.
• Air Products: Morgan Stanley analyst Vincent Andrews raised the target on Air Products & Chemicals Inc. to $280 from $240. Maintains equal-weight rating. New PT implies a 3.6% increase from last price. 
• Applied Materials, Inc.: Barclays upgrades to equalweight from underweight with a price target raised from USD 165 to USD 225.
• Kla Corporation: Barclays upgrades to equalweight from underweight with a price target raised from USD 630 to USD 765.
• Unitedhealth Group Inc.: HSBC upgrades to buy from hold with a price target raised from USD 460 to USD 580.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company: Raymond James maintains its outperform rating and raises the target price from USD 19 to USD 23. 
• Kla Corporation: Barclays upgrades to equalweight from underweight with a price target raised from USD 630 to USD 765.
• Nvidia Corporation: Itau BBA Securities maintains its outperform rating and raises the target price from USD 1000 to USD 1300.
• Qualcomm, Inc.: Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. maintains its overweight recommendation and raises the target price from USD 191 to USD 246.
• Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.: BMO Capital Markets initiates an Outperform recommendation with a target price of USD 210.
• Mondi Plc: Morgan Stanley downgrades to equalwt from overwt with a target price of GBX 1700.
• Gap: Daiwa Securities raised the recommendation on Gap Inc. to neutral from underperform. PT set to $29, implies a 8% increase from last price.