Allied (ANV) (EGN) (NEE) (SWY) (SYMC) (AKAM) (BMC) Ratings Reiterated

Allied Nevada Gold Corp (NYSE: ANV), Energen (NYSE: EGN), NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY), Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) and BMC Software, Inc. (NYSE: BMC) ratings reiterated by analysts.

Dahlman Rose reiterated its "Buy" rating on Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (ANV). They have a price target of $53.76 on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reiterated its "Buy" rating on Energen (EGN).

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) reiterated its "Buy" rating on NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE). They have a price target of $62.50 on the company.

Citigroup reiterated its "Hold" rating on Safeway Inc. (SWY). They have a price target of $23.00 on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated an "Overweight" rating on Symantec (SYMC). They have a price target of $26.00 on the company.

Oppenheimer reiterated a "Market Perform" rating on Akamai Technologies (AKAM).

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "Underweight" rating on BMC Software, Inc. (BMC). They have a price target of $35.00 on the company.

Energen (EGN) (ZEUS) (WSM) (NXG) (GXP) Upgraded

Energen (NYSE: EGN), Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZEUS), Williams Sonoma Inc (NYSE: WSM), Northgate Minerals Co. (NYSE: NXG) and Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) upgraded by analysts.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) upgraded Williams Sonoma Inc (WSM) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Buy" rating. They have a price target of $44.00 on the company.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Olympic Steel, Inc. (ZEUS) from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating.

TD Newcrest upgraded Northgate Minerals Co. (NXG) from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) upgraded Great Plains Energy (GXP) from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating.

Citigroup (NYSE: C) upgraded Energen (EGN) from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.

Energen closed Thursday at $57.30, gaining $0.18, or 0.32 percent. Olympic Steel closed at $27.12, falling $0.35, or 1.27 percent. Williams Sonoma ended the day at $38.12, jumping $0.16, or 0.42 percent. Northgate Minerals closed at $3.03, rising $0.13, or 4.48 percent. Great Plains Energy closed at $20.90, down $0.04, or 0.19 percent.