Balasubramanyam Seshan

UBS Securities downgraded rating of Israel-based Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. to 'neutral' from 'buy', while maintaining its price target of 40 Israeli shekel or $10.89.

UBS Securities upgraded rating of Spectra Energy Partners, LP (SEP) to 'neutral' from 'sell' based on valuation, while reiterating its price target of $34.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Century Aluminum, China Life Retire-Easy Guarantee, Novavax, Globe Specialty Metals, eBay, Global Industries, Limelight Networks, MannKind, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Ebix.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: ArQule, Magic Software Enterprises, Acacia Research, Hauppauge Digital, SodaStream International, Oclaro, Orexigen Therapeutics, Golar LNG, LJ International, and Northern Technologies International.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Magic Software Enterprises, Tesla Motors, Deckers Outdoor, F5 Networks, DryShips, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Amazon.com, Baidu, Oracle, and Netflix.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Telestone Technologies, Acergy SA, Vodafone Group, Randgold Resources, and ARM Holdings.

The brokerage lowered its price target on shares of the apparel retailer to $45 from $46.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: MakeMyTrip, Telestone Technologies, Tetra Tech, TiVo, NightHawk Radiology Holdings, Ebix, Globe Specialty Metals, The Hain Celestial Group, A123 Systems, and Ariad Pharmaceuticals.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Dynamex, THQ, O'Charley's, Take-Two Interactive Software, SmartHeat, SMART Modular Technologies WWH, LTX-Credence, MIPS Technologies, ChinaCast Education, and Oracle.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology, Hovnanian Enterprises, MedAssets, Urban Outfitters, Seagate Technology, Sonic Solutions, Nuance Communications, and Magic Software Enterprises.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Brocade Communications Systems, Harbin Electric, Jack in the Box, JA Solar Holdings, Wonder Auto Technology, DryShips, ARM Holdings, Brigham Exploration, Riverbed Technology, and Hercules Offshore.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Pacific Sunwear of California, Focus Media Holding, Brocade Communications Systems, Jack in the Box, Nuance Communications, Healthways, Sanderson Farms, Motricity, RealNetworks, and FSI International.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Maxygen, Virgin Media, Magic Software Enterprises, Pacer International, Celldex Therapeutics, TiVo, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Natural Alternatives International, GT Solar International, and Northwest Bancshares.

The antimatter bomb described in Dan Brown's book Angels and Demons is close to becoming reality as scientists at CERN have created antimatter.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Shengkai Innovations, Kirkland's, Autodesk, Sonus Networks, Intuit, Harbin Electric, SunPower, Blue Coat Systems, Whole Foods Market, and DryShips.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Dell, Immunogen, Thoratec, ASML Holding, BSD Medical, Brocade Communications Systems, Wynn Resorts, Amgen, ARM Holdings, and Cisco Systems.

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The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Shengkai Innovations, Autodesk, Blue Coat Systems, Intuit, China BAK Battery, Marvell Technology Group, Polycom, Motricity, Windstream, and Nuance Communications.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Shoe Carnival, Dell, Focus Media Holding, Wet Seal, Web.com Group, ArQule, Immunomedics, Acme Packet, AsiaInfo-Linkage, and EDAP TMS.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: SmartHeat, Verigy, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Sears Holdings, Legacy Reserves, Clean Energy Fuels, Hologic, Synchronoss Technologies, and Avanir Pharmaceuticals.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: LTX-Credence, Exelixis, DryShips, Dendreon, Aruba Networks, SodaStream International, Pan American Silver, Spreadtrum Communications, NetApp, and Canadian Solar.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: SmartHeat, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Legacy Reserves, Nxstage Medical, Popular, Career Education, Mattel, PetSmart, Sears Holdings, and BE Aerospace.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Cytori Therapeutics, Dendreon, DryShips, Sourcefire, Spreadtrum Communications, Netease.com, Xyratex, Aruba Networks, Exelixis, and Netlist.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: RINO International, Bank of Kentucky Financial, Human Genome Sciences, EDAP TMS, Patterson-UTI Energy, JA Solar Holdings, GT Solar International, Syntel, Acergy, and Sina.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Ladish, BSD Medical, Clean Energy Fuels, Brocade Communications Systems, Baidu, Research In Motion, Fifth Third Bancorp, DryShips, Akamai Technologies, and Power-One.

Energy drink consumption is strongly associated with increased risks for heavy drinking and alcohol dependence, according to a new research. The research has come after the U.S. regulators are poised to ban the sale of caffeine-containing alcoholic drinks amid rising safety concerns.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: RINO International, Renasant, Anadigics, China Natural Gas, Allos Therapeutics, Sina, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Mattel, Ariad Pharmaceuticals, and Bob Evans Farms.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers were: Human Genome Sciences, Immunomedics, NII Holdings, IMAX, Central European Distribution, BSD Medical, JetBlue Airways, Penn National Gaming, SEI Investments, and Dendreon.

The following is a compilation of major earnings results released before the market opened on November 16. The retailers took the center stage, with Home Depot and Wal-Mart reporting higher quarterly profits.