Corrects headline to say BMO upgraded the rating, not downgraded
** Shares of commercial real estate trust firm Kilroy Realty Corp up almost 2% at $41.19
** BMO upgrades stock PT to to 'market perform' from 'underperform', raises PT to $44 from $40
** Brokerage says KRC will benefit at Kilroy Oyster Point Phase 2 (KOP2), a top-tier life science campus, "with a highly impressive finished product in a submarket expected to have increased leasing momentum"
** Three of 16 brokerages rate the stock "buy", 12 "hold" and one "sell;" their median PT is $43.50 — data compiled by LSEG
** Including session's move, KRC up 2.6% YTD
(Reporting by Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru)
((Sanskriti.Shekhar@thomsonreuters.com))