A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts:
** Morgan Stanley upgrades Dutch bank ABN Amro ABNd.AS to "overweight" from "equal-weight," as restructuring opens room to lift profitability
** The broker also raises Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML ASML.AS to "overweight" from "equal-weight" seeing an end to negative earnings revisions and early signs of improvement
** Bernstein downgrades Spanish electricity grid operator Redeia REDE.MC to "market-perform" from "outperform," citing higher work-in-progress and project approval delays
** Bernstein raises Swiss staffing company Adecco Group ADEN.S to "outperform" from "market-perform," seeing a better risk/reward as the debate on revenue and EBITDA could shift to upside rather than downside
(*Analyst rankings from Thomson Reuters StarMine. The scale is from 1-star to 5-star with 5 being the best. Analysts are ranked on earnings accuracy as well as relative performance of recommendations over trailing 12-month & 24-month periods.)
(Reporting by Marta Serafinko in Gdansk)
((Marta.Serafinko@thomsonreuters.com))