LONDON (Alliance News) - The following shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday:
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FTSE 100
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EXANE BNP INITIATES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP WITH 'OUTPERFORM' - TARGET 2700 PENCE
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BARCLAYS RESUMES STANDARD CHARTERED WITH 'EQUAL WEIGHT' - TARGET 500 PENCE
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NOMURA CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED PRICE TARGET TO 540 (635) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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GOLDMAN CUTS RBS PRICE TARGET TO 385 (400) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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NOMURA CUTS RBS PRICE TARGET TO 300 (330) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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NOMURA CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 555 (585) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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NOMURA CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 255 (290) PENCE - 'BUY'
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GOLDMAN CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 310 (320) PENCE - 'CONVICTION BUY LIST'
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RBC CAPITAL INITIATES BHP BILLITON WITH 'SECTOR PERFORM' - TARGET 700 PENCE
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GOLDMAN CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO 650 (760) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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MORGAN STANLEY RAISES BAE SYSTEMS TARGET TO 585 (550) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'
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JEFFERIES CUTS RECKITT BENCKISER PRICE TARGET TO 6800 (7100) PENCE - 'BUY'
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JEFFERIES RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES PRICE TARGET TO 5500 (4000) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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UBS CUTS RANDGOLD RESOURCES TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - TARGET 6250 (4750) PENCE
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CREDIT SUISSE RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES TARGET TO 6400 (3900) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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NOMURA RAISES RANDGOLD RESOURCES PRICE TARGET TO 4350 (3850) PENCE - 'REDUCE'
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FTSE 250
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GOLDMAN CUTS BBA AVIATION TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - TARGET 181 (300,55) PENCE
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JEFFERIES CUTS TALK TALK TELECOM TARGET TO 150 (249) PENCE - 'UNDERPERFORM'
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HSBC CUTS SHAFTESBURY PRICE TARGET TO 898 (902) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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NOMURA INITIATES VIRGIN MONEY WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 445 PENCE
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BERNSTEIN RAISES BEAZLEY PRICE TARGET TO 370 (360) PENCE - 'MARKET-PERFORM'
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MAIN MARKET AND AIM
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JPMORGAN CUTS CAMBIAN TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OVERWEIGHT') - TARGET 109 (278) PENCE
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BARCLAYS CUTS CAMBIAN PRICE TARGET TO 128 (200) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com; @ArvindBhunjun
Copyright 2016 Alliance News Limited. All Rights Reserved.
UPDATE: York consortium sells call options over 10 million LSEG shares
London Stock Exchange Group PLC - London-based stock market operator and data provider - JP Morgan Securities PLC on Tuesday confirms that BCP York Holdings LP sold call options over around 10 million voting shares in LSEG, having announced plans to do so after the London market close on Monday. The call options were sold to Barclays Bank PLC, Merrill Lynch International, Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, Goldman Sachs International, JP Morgan Securities PLC and Morgan Stanley & Co International PLC. The call option shares represent around a 1.9% economic and voting interest in LSEG. BCP York is an entity owned by a consortium of certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc, and including an affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, an affiliate of GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd, Thomson Reuters Corp and certain other minority holders. Thomson Reuters didn't participate in the call option transaction.
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