AQP.L Share News (AQP)

Broker snap: HSBC upgrades Antofagasta, lifts copper prices

HSBC has raised its recommendation for Chile-based copper mining group Antofagasta from 'neutral' to 'overweight' as it lifted its target price for the commodity. The bank reportedly raised its 2014 forecast for copper from $7,250 to $7,750 a metric tonne, saying that supply concerns have been "ove

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

AGA Rangemaster Group: N+1 Singer ups target price from 135p to 150p and stays with its buy recommendation. Anglo American: HSBC raises target price from 1610p to 1740p maintaining an overweight rating. Antofagasta: HSBC increases target price from 900p to 990p and upgrades to overweight. Aquariu

Aquarius Platinum calls halt after female employee found dead in mine

Aquarius Platinum has suspended blasting activities after the dead body of a female employee was found at its South African mine. The company said police had begun an investigation as it was apparent that the woman "may have been assaulted," when the discovery was made in the early hours of Wednesd

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps flat, outperform wider market

UK small caps are flat, outperforming the wider market, with junior-listed AIM shares and blue chips down 0.2 percent, while mid-caps drop 0.3 percent. Aquarius Platinum sheds 2.6 percent after the company announces a fatal incident at the Kroondal mine in South Africa. Zytronic, whi

Aquarius Platinum Finds Female Employee Dead In Mine Shaft

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

African Barrick Gold: Investec shifts target price from 135p to 137p, while downgrading from hold to sell. Aquarius Platinum: JP Morgan moves target price from 39p to 49p, while downgrading from neutral to underweight. Citi lowers target price from 66p to 54p and downgrades from buy to neutral. As

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo American: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1675p to 1655p keeping a neutral rating. Aquarium Platinum: Investec shifts target price from 46p to 48p and stays with its hold recommendation. ASOS: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 3800p to 4450p, while leaving its hold recommendation un

Friday broker round-up UPDATE

Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 63p to 60p keeping a buy recommendation. Ashmore Group: HSBC ups target price from 400p to 435p, while keeping overweight rating. ASOS: UBS raises target price from 4600p to 6000p staying with its buy recommendation. Aviva: Bank of America

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps edge up, in line with blue-chips

Britain's small-cap equity indexes edge higher in early session trade, performing broadly in line with the blue-chips. The FTSE Small Cap Index is up by 0.1 percent and the FTSE AIM All Share Index rises 0.2 percent, with the blue-chip FTSE 100 index advancing 0.1 percent while the FTSE 25

Aquarius Platinum loss narrows as Kroondal mine output rises

Aug 8 (Reuters) - Aquarius Platinum Ltd , the fourth-largest platinum producer in the world, reported a smaller full-year loss, as production increased at two of its operational mines - Kroondal in South Africa and Mimosa in Zimbabwe. Headline loss before exceptional charges narrowed to $61

Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Aquarius Platinum: Investec places its target price (prev.: 46p) under review, while keeping its hold recommendation. Avocet Mining: Canaccord Genuity upgrades from sell to hold with an unchanged target price of 112p. BBA Aviation: Citi raises target price from 292p to 335p reiterating a buy recom

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

Alent: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 430p to 420p keeping an outperform rating. UBS ups target price from 350p to 365p and maintains a neutral rating. Anglo American: Jefferies cuts target price from 1700p to 1650p and maintains a hold recommendation. Aquarius Platinum: RBC Capital shifts

Aquarius Q4 production climbs despite "difficult" environment

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - Aquarius Platinum said on Wednesday fourth-quarter production rose 22 percent boosted by improvements at its Kroondal mine in South Africa but warned of a still "difficult and complex" environment for platinum producers. The world's fourth-largest platinum produc

Broker tips: M&S, Pearson, Platinum miners

Marks & Spencer is on the cusp of turning around its struggling General Merchandise (GM) division, according to Panmure Gordon which has maintained its 'buy' rating and 516p target price for the stock after a first-quarter trading update on Tuesday. The broker said: "We are positive on MKS for four

Broker snap: Westhouse lifts platinum miners Lonmin and Aquarius

Share prices of platinum mining peers Lonmin and Aquarius Platinum received a boost on Tuesday morning after Westhouse Securities removed its 'sell' ratings on both stocks. The move came after site visits to the companies' South African platinum assets, where it gained insight into current labour s