The futures traded mixed Monday, after another wild week on Wall Street. The major indexes closed mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 posting gains and the Nasdaq closing modestly lower. A big surge in interest rates caused an inversion between the five-year and the 10-year Treasury notes, which spawned yet more concerns over the potential for a recession later this year, with a case of stagflation added to the cauldron. All the yields across the Treasury curve closed higher on Friday, with the five-year note jumping a stunning 20 basis points, and the benchmark 10-year note 15 basis points.

Oil prices jumped Friday as well, after unconfirmed reports of a drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s oil facility in Jeddah. Brent crude finished the day at $120, while West Texas Intermedia was last seen at $114. Gold also closed higher, adding to the previous week’s gains.

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These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK): Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating on the shares after a positive investors day. The analyst has an $80 target price, higher than the $71.17 consensus target. The final trade last Friday was posted at $57.44.

Alcoa Corp. (NYSE: AA): Goldman Sachs reiterated a Buy rating for the stock, which is on the firm’s Conviction List, and raised the $105 target price to $115. That compares with a much lower and somewhat surprising consensus target of $83.17. The shares closed trading on Friday at $91.96.

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO): RBC Capital Markets downgraded the tobacco giant from Outperform to Sector Perform with a $53 price objective. The consensus target is $54.61, and Friday’s closing print was $53.62. As it is trading just shy of a 52 -week high, this may be a valuation call.

Amcor PLC (NYSE: AMCR): Truist Securities started coverage with a Hold rating and a $12 target price. The consensus target is $12.56, and the stock closed on Friday at $11.34.

Argo Blockchain PLC (NASDAQ: ARBK): Stifel started coverage with a Hold rating and an $11 target price. The consensus target is up at $22.71. Friday’s final trade was reported at $9.92.