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Now time for some of today’s trending tickers. You can scan the QR code below to track the best and worst performing stocks of the session with Yahoo Finance’s trending tickers page. Today, we’re taking a look at an upgrade for Dollar General, delivery numbers from Mercedes-Benz, and some optimism for JetBlue. First up, Dollar General gets an upgrade from City, the analyst boosting the stock to neutral from sell and lifting its price target to $101 from $69. City saying Dollar General, along with its competitor Dollar Tree are less at risk from tariffs than others in the retail space. City also noting that they should fair better as consumers slow their spending and those selling more discretionary items could be more impacted there. Next, Mercedes-Benz reporting a 7% fall in its first quarter sales compared to the year prior. The European automaker delivering just over 529,000 cars and vans between January and March. That’s down from over 568,000 in 2024. The decline’s driven by slowing demand in Europe and China. While sales in the US rose 1%, China was down 10%, Europe down 7%. And Raymond James upgrades JetBlue to buy. That’s bucking the recent trend of downgrades on airline stocks. The analyst boosting JetBlue to outperform from market perform, saying the company is at low risk for bankruptcy and looks attractive amid recent negative sentiment.