LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning and Tuesday afternoon:
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FTSE 100
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S&P CAPITAL IQ CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 310 (320) PENCE - 'BUY'
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UBS CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 280 (295) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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JPMORGAN CUTS BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 300 (315) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'
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DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 325 (320) PENCE - 'BUY'
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CITIGROUP REMOVES SHIRE FROM 'FOCUS LIST EUROPE' - 'BUY'
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CITIGROUP RAISES SHIRE PRICE TARGET TO 3600 (3200) PENCE - 'BUY'
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JEFFERIES RAISES BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL TARGET TO 1,675 (1,600) PENCE - 'BUY'
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MERRILL LYNCH RAISES BUNZL TO 'BUY' ('UNDERPERFORM')
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GOLDMAN RAISES ANGLO AMERICAN PRICE TARGET TO 1210 (1100) PENCE - 'SELL'
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GOLDMAN CUTS SSE SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN PRICE TARGET TO 1414 (1428) PENCE - 'SELL
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GOLDMAN RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO 4380 (4200) PENCE - 'BUY'
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GOLDMAN CUTS CENTRICA PRICE TARGET TO 381 (423) PENCE - 'BUY'
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GOLDMAN RAISES GLENCORE XSTRATA PRICE TARGET TO 325 (320) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES SMITH & NEPHEW TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 1125 (650) PENCE
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JPMORGAN CUTS TULLOW OIL PRICE TARGET TO 1120 (1130) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'
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JPMORGAN CUTS HARGREAVES LANSDOWN PRICE TARGET TO 1580 (1656) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'
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LIBERUM INITIATES IMI WITH 'BUY' - TARGET 1750 PENCE
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CREDIT SUISSE CUTS SABMILLER PRICE TARGET TO 3100 (3200) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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FTSE 250
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BERENBERG RAISES BOOKER GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 186 (164) PENCE - 'BUY'
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BARCLAYS CUTS LADBROKES PRICE TARGET TO 123 (169) PENCE
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PANMURE RAISES KENMARE RESOURCES TO 'BUY' ('HOLD')
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EXANE BNP RAISES KAZAKHMYS PRICE TARGET TO 180 (140) PENCE - 'UNDERPERFORM'
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BARCLAYS RAISES KAZAKHMYS TO 'EQUAL WEIGHT' ('UNDERWEIGHT') - TARGET 220 (192) PENCE
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CANACCORD RAISES KAZAKHMYS PRICE TARGET TO 250 (220) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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CREDIT SUISSE RAISES KAZAKHMYS TO 'NEUTRAL' ('UNDERPERFORM') - TARGET 200 PENCE
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BARCLAYS RAISES HALMA PRICE TARGET TO 595 (585) PENCE - 'EQUAL WEIGHT'
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BARCLAYS CUTS LADBROKES PRICE TARGET TO 123 (169) PENCE - 'UNDERWEIGHT'
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DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES BELLWAY PRICE TARGET TO 1637 (1592) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS PAGE GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 425 (443) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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LIBERUM RAISES BIG YELLOW GROUP TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 560 (496) PENCE
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MORGAN STANLEY RAISES CATLIN GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 533 (519) PENCE - 'UNDERWEIGHT.'
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CREDIT SUISSE CUTS PREMIER OIL PRICE TARGET TO 370 (376) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'
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ALL-SHARE AND AIM
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LIBERUM RAISES SAFESTORE PRICE TARGET TO 267 (203) PENCE - 'BUY'
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PANMURE RAISES CINEWORLD PRICE TARGET TO 295 (260) PENCE - 'SELL'
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CANACCORD RAISES CENTRAL ASIA METALS PRICE TARGET TO 285 (280) PENCE - 'BUY'
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LIBERUM CUTS IQE PRICE TARGET TO 22 (27) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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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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