The phrase "upgrade the sector" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the act of bringing an industry or sector up to a higher level of sophistication, modernization, or improvement. For example: "The government plans to invest heavily in research and development to upgrade the sector."
I upgraded the sector because of the anticipation of improved conditions".
The column said our analyst had made a "comprehensive upgrade" of the sector but did not note that the analyst had simply upgraded the sector from underweight to market weight -- hardly a glowing review.
Semiconductor stocks -- which jumped after Merrill Lynch upgraded the sector earlier this week and Intel said the worst was behind it -- were among the day's notable losers.
Stephen Kim, an analyst at Citigroup, upgraded the sector at the start of the month, changing many ratings from neutral to buy.
Meanwhile, semiconductor equipment stocks, including Applied Materials and KLA-Tencor, rose sharply after Merrill Lynch upgraded the sector.
Meanwhile, semiconductor equipment stocks, including Applied Materials and KLA-Tencor, are edging higher after Merrill Lynch upgraded the sector.
A further $165 billion is needed by 2012 to upgrade the energy sector, he said.
HESA also, however, has a transformative role to upgrade the HE sector's technological infrastructure, a task it is undertaking through its Data Futures innovation program (https://www.hesa.ac.uk/innovation/data-futures).
Thanks to modern technology there is an opportunity to upgrade the humanitarian sector with skilled technical resources but the infrastructure needs to be in place first however to ensure the connections work and information is being communicated optimally.
Goldman Sachs maintained an "in-line" rating on the stock on May 18 but upgraded the cable sector to "neutral" from "cautious" based on improving fundamentals and limited downside risk to current valuations.
