Barclays Gets Bullish On US Biotechnology Sector (BBH)

May 20, 2009 1:12 PM EDT

Biotech HOLDRs (NYSE: BBH) is seeing some upside action today after the biotech industry received its second major upgrade in the past few weeks. The ETF is up 1% today.

Today, Barclays upgraded the US Biotechnology sector from Neutral to Positive, citing valuation and saying they see significant opportunity for the group into 2nd-half of 2009.

With the sector call, the firm also upgraded Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) from Underweight to Equal Weight and raised its price target to $52.

The firm's top rated biotech picks in the sector include Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), Celgene (Nasdaq: CELG), Genzyme (Nasdaq: GENZ), Cephalon (Nasdaq: CEPH), Acadia (Nasdaq: ACAD), Arena (Nasdaq: ARNA), Rigel (Nasdaq: RIGL), Array (Nasdaq: ARRY), Onyx (Nasdaq: ONXX), Isis (Nasdaq: ISIS), Regeneron (Nasdaq: REGN)

Earlier in the month, Goldman Sachs upgraded U.S. Large Cap Biotechs to Neutral.


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ACAD 1.33

-0.09 -6.34%
Volume: 250,383
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AMGN 55.38

-0.68 -1.21%
Volume: 9,493,251
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ARNA 3.51

-0.03 -0.85%
Volume: 1,148,195
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ARRY 2.03

+0.04 +2.01%
Volume: 190,210
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BBH 96.41

-0.27 -0.28%
Volume: 190,005
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BIIB 46.38

+0.53 +1.16%
Volume: 2,829,055
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CELG 54.91

+0.36 +0.66%
Volume: 3,146,572
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CEPH 59.61

-0.10 -0.17%
Volume: 1,941,477
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GENZ 50.05

+0.42 +0.85%
Volume: 2,974,330
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ISIS 11.23

+0.20 +1.81%
Volume: 1,435,173
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ONXX 27.99

+0.10 +0.36%
Volume: 831,797
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REGN 18.46

-0.21 -1.12%
Volume: 359,512
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RIGL 7.78

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 332,905
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