Morning Movers 2/23: Nova Chemicals (NCX) Up On Abu Dhabi Buyout, Citigroup (C) Up On Govt Talks

February 23, 2009 10:11 AM EST

StreetInsider.com Morning Movers:


Nova Chemicals Corp. (NYSE: NCX) 300% HIGHER; International Petroleum Investment Company, wholly owned by the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced plans to acquire Nova Chemicals for $6 per share in cash.

UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA) 15% HIGHER; Bank of America upgrades to Buy

Citigroup (NYSE: C) 13% HIGHER; reports the govenment could convert its preferred stock into common stock in a plan that could boost the govenment's ownership to 40%.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 13% HIGHER; Citi news

DryShips, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRYS) 11% HIGHER; Oppenheimer upgrades to Market Perform

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) 7% HIGHER; Citi news

Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) 5% LOWER; UBS downgrades to Neutral

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) 3% LOWER; RBC downgrades to Sector Perform

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) 3% LOWER; Deutsche Bank cuts price target, makes cautious comments.

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) 2% HIGHER; Deutsche Bank upgrades to Buy

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) 2% HIGHER; Deutsche Bank upgrades to Hold

SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) 1.3% LOWER; Gold sees profit taking after rising to $1000 on Friday.


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