Check out today's top analyst calls from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly. BOFA DOUBLE UPGRADES AK STEEL: BofA Merrill Lynch analyst Timna Tanners double upgraded AK Steel (AKS) to Buy from Underperform and raised its price target to $6 from $5. Tanners is now modeling 2019 spot benchmark hot rolled coil at $750/short ton versus $700 previously and expects 85% of AK Steel's sheet business that is on fixed-price contracts will have a substantial increase in 2019. In mid-morning trading, AK Steel is up 2%. MACQUARIE CUTS WELLS FARGO TO NEUTRAL: Macquarie analyst David Konrad downgraded Wells Fargo (WFC) to Neutral from Buy with a $63 price target based on valuation and near-term estimates falling below expectations. Konrad said valuation has moved in-line relative to peers following favorable expense guidance and the strong CCAR results, and believes it will take a few more quarters before leverage drives higher earnings. SUSQUEHANNA INITIATES BAIDU, JD.COM: Susquehanna analyst Shyam Patil initiated Baidu (BIDU) with a Positive rating and $325 price target, saying its a 20%+ grower with upside to estimates and the multiple with little downside risk. Patil said the company has several initiatives underway that will drive upside over the near-to-intermediate-term with longer-term AI projects that represent call options. Patil also initiated JD.com (JD) with a Neutral rating and $30 price target, saying he is concerned Alibaba (BABA) will continue to be an e-commerce category killer in China and will remain aggressive in its efforts to take share from JD. GOLDMAN RAISES APPLE TARGET TO $240: Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall outlined his expectations for Apple's (AAPL) new product event on September 12, stating that he expects three new iPhones at better price points. He also expects Apple to announce two new AppleCare+ Plans associated with the iPhone 9 and the Xs+ and raised his Services forecast to account for an overall mix of AppleCare+ skewed towards higher priced plans. Hall raised his price target on Apple shares to $240, but maintained a Neutral rating on the stock. BOFA DEFENDS MICRON: BofA Merrill Lynch analyst Simon Woo kept his Buy rating and $100 price target on Micron (MU), saying the fundamentals of the company's earnings remain solid, and the recent correction in the stock price is likely "sentiment related". The analyst notes that the company is still headed for "record-high revenue/profit," and the stalled rise in memory chip prices does not signal a market downturn.

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Erste Group downgraded Apple to Hold from Buy.

Apple (AAPL) supplier TSMC (TSM) has unveiled its A16 chip manufacturing technology featuring nanosheet transistors with "backside power rails" meant for producing its ultra-advanced 1.6nm chips by 2026, Nikkei Asia's Cheng Ting-Fang reports. TSMC says the introduction of the technology can "greatly improve logic density and performance." Reference Link

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HSBC analyst Charlene Liu lowered the firm's price target on Baidu to $145 from $157 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares following the company's developer conference. The firm says Baidu's advertising outlook remains more challenging than it expected. It cut estimates on weaker a macro envinrment.

Apple saw sales of its iPhones fall 19.1% in the first three months of the year, CNBC's Ryan Browne reports, citing data from Counterpoint Research. Meanwhile, Huawei saw a 69.7% surge in smartphone sales in the country during the same period, Counterpoint said. Reference Link