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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/16/2012 -- Credit Agricole upgraded shares of AU Optronics Corp. (NYSE: AUO) from a sell rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Tuesday. Several other analysts also recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Bank of America upgraded shares of AU Optronics Corp. From a neutral rating to a buy rating in a research note to investors on Friday, September 21st. Analysts at UBS AG downgraded shares of AU Optronics Corp. From a buy rating to a neutral rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, July 26th.Shares of AU Optronics Corp. Opened at 3.60 on Tuesday. AU Optronics Corp. Has a 52 week low of $2.70 and a 52 week high of $5.98. The company’s market cap is $3.178 billion.AU Optronics Corp. Last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 25th. The company reported ($1.39) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the analysts’ consensus estimate of ($0.89) by $0.50. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that AU Optronics Corp. Will post $-1.52 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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Fossil, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FOSL) is +7.02 - +8.25% from the previous close of $85.09. It traded between $87.46 - 92.76 with total traded volume of 1340228 shares. Keep a close eye on FOSL, as the stock has been showing unusual moves over the past weeks. At Current market price, FOSL has recovered +46.74% from its 52-week Low of 62.77 and has Pulled back -33.83% from its 52-week high of 139.20.FOSL was upgraded by analysts at Citigroup from a neutral rating to a buy rating.Up about 3% in pre-market trading, FOSL was raised to "buy" from "neutral" at Citigroup this morning, which could help ease its year-over-year decline of roughly 9%. Nevertheless, data from the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) shows a 10-day put/call volume ratio of 1.63 for the stock, indicating puts bought to open have comfortably outstripped calls during the past two weeks. This ratio is docked in the pessimistically skewed 69th percentile of its annual range, reflecting a stronger-than-usual preference for puts over calls.

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Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with retail and wholesale gasoline marketing operations in the United States and refining and marketing operations in the United Kingdom.New York, NY- Murphy Oil Corpor (NYSE:MUR) is very active today and traded between $61.83 - 64.30 with total traded volume of 4784381 shares. At a current price of 64.18, MUR is +5.18 - +8.78% from the previous close of $59.00. Moreover, At Current Market Price, MUR is in the distance of +17.33% of its 50-day Moving Average price of $54.6983 and +24.22% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $51.6675. Murphy Oil Corp. MUR +8.92% rallied 6.6%, the second-biggest gainer in the S&P 500, buoyed by news that the company’s board has approved the spinoff of its U.S.

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Identive Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:INVE), formerly SCM MicrosystemsIdentive Group. Inc., provides secure identification (Secure ID) solutions that combine radio frequency identification (RFID) with the security of smart card technology.Identive Group, I (NGM:INVE) reported EPS of -0.928. For the Current Fiscal year, the company is expected to report EPS of -0.44. For the Next Quarter and Next Year, the company is expected to report EPS of -0.02 and -0.06 respectively. At Current Market Price, INVE is in the distance of +66.84% from its 50-day Moving Average price of $0.8331 and +18.12% from its 200-day Moving Average price of $1.1767. Identive Group (NASDAQ: INVE) shares advanced 37.07% to $1.44. Identive Group announced a new smart card reader for Apple mobile devices that allows iPad(R), iPhone(R) and iMac(R) users to safely log on to secure networks and websites.

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