Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. LVS slid 1.78% to $44.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.83% to 5,949.91 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.

Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp ($LVS) dipped nearly 4% on Tuesday after the luxury resort company got a downgrade from Morgan Stanley, dampening retail sentiment. Morgan Stanley downgraded Las Vegas Sands to ‘Equal Weight’ from ‘Overweight’ with a $51 price target,

Morgan Stanley analysts downgraded Las Vegas Sands (LVS) to Equal-Weight from Overweight, lowering their price target to $51 from $54, citing economic slowdowns in China and tariff concerns. Conversely,

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) opened lower on Tuesday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the casino stock to Equal-weight after having it set at Overweight. The crux of the downgrade is that the firm thinks consensus estimates already reflect strong underlying market growth plus share gains in Macau,

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS – Get Free Report) was upgraded by research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Friday, MarketBeat reports.