Macquarie Upgrades YGE to Outperform, SPWRA to Neutral; Downgrades FSLR to Neutral, STP to Underperform

Australian firm Macquarie has made several changes to stocks in the Solar sector this morning:

• upgrades Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) from Neutral to Outperform. Shares of Yingli are up 2.6% to $13.06 in the pre-market trading session.
  
• upgrades Sunpower (Nasdaq: SPWRA) from Underperform to Neutral. The stock is up 1.3% to $32.
  
• downgrades First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) from Outperform to Neutral. First Solar shares are down slightly to $147.41.
  
• downgrades Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE: STP) from Neutral to Underperform. Shares of Suntech are down 0.13% to $14.87.

The Claymore/MAC Global Solar Index ETF (NYSE: TAN), or commonly referred to as just "the TAN", is up about 0.21% today.

Stay tuned for more color on the upgrades/downgrades.

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