Avacta Group Share News (AVCT)

Antofagasta: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 770p to 735p and downgrades to sell. Investec cuts target price from 753p to 726p keeping its sell recommendation.Ashmore Group: HSBC Holdings lowers target price from 410p to 400p retaining its overweight rating.Avacta Group: Numis shifts target price from 1.7p to 1.9p retaining its buy recommendation.Aviva: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 430p to 480p staying with its hold recommendation.Babcock International: Citi raises target price from 1185p to 1500p, while downgrading to neutral.Braemar Shipping Services: Westhouse Securities upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 590p.Cairn Energy: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 352p to 224p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 345p to 280p and reiterates a hold recommendation. RBC Capital reduces target price from 350p to 250p downgrading to neutral.Chemring Group: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 250p to 220p downgrading to sell.Close Brothers Group: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 1500p to 1800p upgrading from hold to buy.Cobham: Liberum Capital lowers target price from 305p to 300p and retains its buy recommendation.Diageo: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1840p to 1825p maintaining its neutral rating.Essentra: JP Morgan moves target price from 847p to 859p keeping its neutral rating.Fenner: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 465p to 415p and stays with its buy recommendation.ICAP: JP Morgan moves target price from 364p to 379p and retains its neutral rating.IMI: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 1750p to 1650p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.IXICO: Daniel Stewart initiates with a target price of 132p and a buy recommendation.Just Retirement Group: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 250p to 178p downgrading to hold.Ladbrokers: Citi cuts target price from 110p to 90p and stays with its sell recommendation. JP Morgan shifts target price from 95p to 100p retaining its underweight recommendation.Latham (James): Northland ups target price from 452p to 480p and keeps a buy recommendation.London Stock Exchange: JP Morgan raises target price from 1622p to 1962p upgrading to neutral.Majestic Wine: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 635p to 550p, while staying with its buy recommendation. Investec places both its target price (prev.: 620p) and its buy recommendation under review.Melrose: Liberum Capital lowers target price from 335p to 330p maintaining a buy recommendation.Next: Investec places its target price (prev.: 6300p) under review, while retaining its hold recommendation.Ophir Energy: Investec cuts target price from 365p to 315p, while retaining its buy recommendation. JP Morgan reduces target price from 400p to 330p staying with its overweight rating.Oxford Instruments: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 1650p to 1625p, while staying with its buy recommendation.Partnership Assurance: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 355p to 130p and stays with its hold recommendation.Portmeirion: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 820p to 840p retaining its buy recommendation.Rank Group: Daniel Stewart ups target price from 140p to 175p upgrading from hold to buy.Ricardo: Liberum Capital raises target price from 650p to 730p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.Rolls-Royce Group: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 1300p to 1225p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec cuts target price from 345p to 325p, while upgrading from sell to hold.Secure Trust Bank: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 2145p to 3125p upgrading from hold to buy.Senior: Jefferies raises target price from 305p to 340p maintaining its buy recommendation. Liberum Capital takes target price from 295p to 325p retaining a buy recommendation.Smiths Group: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1400p to 1350p and stays with a hold recommendation. RBC Capital lowers target price from 1200p to 1150p reiterating an underperform rating. JP Morgan reduces target price from 1435p to 1350p and leaves its neutral rating unaltered. HSBC Holdings reduces target price from 1500p to 1350p downgrading to underweight.Spectris: Liberum Capital increases target price from 2150p to 2550p upgrading to buy.Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Liberum Capital takes target price from 2840p to 2910p and retains a hold recommendation.Standard Life: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 400p to 390p and retains a buy recommendation.UNITE Group: Liberum Capital raises target price from 461p to 516p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Vectura: JP Morgan ups target price from 200p to 230p maintaining its overweight rating.Victrex: Citi increases target price from 1550p to 2100p upgrading to buy.WANdisco: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 1504p to 1539p keeping a buy recommendation.William Hill: Citi cuts target price from 420p to 400p, while keeping its buy recommendation.