North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures Stall, Oil Falls -2-

The tanker, formerly known as the Bella 1, has been trying to evade the U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela for more than two weeks. The vessel failed to dock in Venezuela and load with oil. Although the ship is empty, the U.S. Coast Guard has pursued it into the Atlantic in a bid to crack down on a fleet of tankers that ferry illicit oil around the world, including black-market oil sold by Russia.

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ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS

AGNC Investment Cut to Neutral From Buy by BTIG

Air Lease Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Barclays

Allegiant Travel Raised to Neutral From Underperform by B of A Securities

Ally Financial Inc Raised to Outperform From In-Line by Evercore ISI Group

Annaly Capital Raised to Buy From Neutral by BTIG

AptarGroup Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Wells Fargo

Arvinas Raised to Buy From Neutral by Citigroup

Ball Corp Raised to Buy From Neutral by Citigroup

Ball Corp Raised to Overweight From Underweight by Wells Fargo

Brinker International Raised to Buy From Neutral by UBS

Brookdale Senior Living Raised to Buy From Underperform by B of A Securities

Brunswick Corp Raised to Buy From Hold by Jefferies

Casella Waste Systems Raised to Buy From Hold by Jefferies

Certara Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by Leerink Partners

Chevron Cut to Sell From Hold by Freedom Capital Markets

Cohu Raised to Buy From Hold by Needham

Core Scientific Raised to Buy From Neutral by BTIG

Correction to Innodata Headlines

DR Horton Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Wells Fargo

Exxon Mobil Cut to Sell From Hold by Freedom Capital Markets

Fortrea Holdings Raised to Outperform From In-Line by Evercore ISI Group

Frontier Group Cut to Underperform From Neutral by B of A Securities

Graphic Packaging Cut to Underweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo

Greif Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Wells Fargo

Halliburton Cut to In-Line From Outperform by Evercore ISI Group

Halliburton Cut to Sell From Hold by Freedom Capital Markets

Immunovant Raised to Outperform From Peer Perform by Wolfe Research

KeyCorp Cut to Underperform From Neutral by Baird

Krystal Biotech Raised to Buy From Neutral by Citigroup

Kymera Therapeutics Cut to Peer Perform From Outperform by Wolfe Research

Landstar Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo

Lennar Cut to Neutral From Buy by UBS

M&T Bank Cut to In-Line From Outperform by Evercore ISI Group

O-I Glass Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo

Packaging Corp of America Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo

Phillips 66 Cut to Sell From Hold by Freedom Capital Markets

Regions Financial Cut to Underperform From In-Line by Evercore ISI Group

Saia Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Stephens & Co.

Schlumberger Cut to Hold From Buy by Freedom Capital Markets

Schlumberger Raised to Outperform From In-Line by Evercore ISI Group

Sonoco Products Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Wells Fargo

Sweetgreen Cut to Neutral From Buy by UBS

Trex Co Raised to Buy From Neutral by UBS

Truist Financial Raised to Outperform From In-Line by Evercore ISI Group

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Raised to Outperform From Peer Perform by Wolfe Research

Wells Fargo Cut to Underperform From Neutral by Baird

Werner Enterprises Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight by Wells Fargo

Zenas BioPharma Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Morgan Stanley

Zions Bancorp Cut to In-Line From Outperform by Evercore ISI Group

This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today.

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January 07, 2026 06:17 ET (11:17 GMT)