Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, July 8, from AP Financial News:
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of NCR Corp. rose Tuesday after a Robert W. Baird analyst upgraded the maker of automatic teller machines, foreseeing higher spending from banks on ATMs.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Capital Trust Inc. shares jumped Tuesday after they were upgraded to "Neutral" by a UBS Securities analyst, who expects the real estate investment trust to report "decent" second-quarter results.
NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Valley National Bancorp rose Tuesday morning after a Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. analyst raised his rating on the bank because of its stock price.