Equities Update: US Stocks

US Stocks struggled yesterday to get any traction all day as last-week's impressive rally prompted some modest profit-taking.
On the upside, Apple Computer, up 3,61% gained after it was upgraded to "buy" from "neutral" at Bank of America and Exxon Mobil rose more than 1 percent after J.P. Morgan upgraded the oil behemoth to "overweight" from "neutral."