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LONDON (Alliance News) - The following shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday:
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FTSE 100
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Shore Capital Downgrades RSA Insurance Group To Hold From Buy
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PANMURE CUTS RSA INSURANCE TO 'SELL' ('HOLD') - TARGET 385 (550) PENCE
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EXANE BNP CUTS SMITHS GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1050 (1090) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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EXANE BNP RAISES GKN TO 'OUTPERFORM' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 340 (345) PENCE
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NOMURA CUTS BHP BILLITON PRICE TARGET TO 1200 (1400) PENCE - 'BUY'
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NOMURA CUTS ANTOFAGASTA PRICE TARGET TO 500 (600) PENCE - 'REDUCE'
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NOMURA CUTS BT GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - PRICE TARGET 490 (560) PENCE
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CREDIT SUISSE RAISES WOLSELEY PRICE TARGET TO 4900 (4400) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'
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JEFFERIES CUTS AVIVA PRICE TARGET TO 600 (628) PENCE - 'BUY'
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JEFFERIES RAISES LEGAL & GENERAL PRICE TARGET TO 301 (288) PENCE - 'BUY'
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JEFFERIES CUTS PRUDENTIAL PRICE TARGET TO 1534 (1753) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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JEFFERIES CUTS STANDARD LIFE PRICE TARGET TO 439 (467) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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BARCLAYS RAISES SHIRE TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL WEIGHT') - TARGET 5700 (5564) PENCE
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GOLDMAN CUTS WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO 6105 (6380) PENCE - 'BUY'
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GOLDMAN CUTS AB FOODS PRICE TARGET TO 3320 (3445) PENCE - 'BUY'
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DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS TARGET TO 475 (500) PENCE - 'BUY'
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NOMURA RAISES DIRECT LINE PRICE TARGET TO 400 (350) PENCE - 'BUY'
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NOMURA RAISES ADMIRAL GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1,630 (1,335) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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FTSE 250
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EXANE BNP CUTS ROTORK PRICE TARGET TO 160 (200) PENCE - 'UNDERPERFORM'
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JPMORGAN CUTS ROTORK PRICE TARGET TO 180 (245) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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NOMURA CUTS ROTORK TO 'REDUCE' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 180 (215) PENCE
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LIBERUM CUTS ROTORK PRICE TARGET TO 154 (190) PENCE - 'SELL'
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CITIGROUP CUTS ROTORK PRICE TARGET TO 195 (220) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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EXANE BNP CUTS WILLIAM HILL PRICE TARGET TO 420 (440) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'
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EXANE BNP CUTS VESUVIUS TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OUTPERFORM') - TARGET 375 (470) PENCE
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EXANE BNP CUTS SPIRAX-SARCO PRICE TARGET TO 3000 (3125) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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EXANE BNP CUTS SPECTRIS PRICE TARGET TO 2000 (2300) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'
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EXANE BNP CUTS IMI PRICE TARGET TO 950 (1050) PENCE - 'UNDERPERFORM'
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EXANE BNP CUTS HALMA PRICE TARGET TO 775 (850) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'
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EXANE BNP CUTS WEIR GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1350 (1625) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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BARCLAYS CUTS WEIR GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1350 (1620) PENCE - 'EQUAL WEIGHT'
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NOMURA CUTS KAZ MINERALS PRICE TARGET TO 100 (200) PENCE - 'REDUCE'
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JPMORGAN CUTS PENNON GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 800 (890) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'
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BERNSTEIN INITIATES LANCASHIRE HLDGS WITH 'MARKET-PERFORM' - TARGET 700 PENCE
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GOLDMAN CUTS WETHERSPOON PRICE TARGET TO 670 (690) PENCE - 'SELL'
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GOLDMAN REMOVES POLYMETAL FROM 'CONVICTION BUY LIST'
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MAIN MARKET AND AIM
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PANMURE RAISES FINSBURY FOOD GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 120 (110) PENCE - 'BUY'
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LIBERUM RAISES CHEMRING GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 225 (210) PENCE - 'HOLD'
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N+1 Singer Ups IQE Price Target To 29p From 25p, Keeps Buy
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DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS FERREXPO PRICE TARGET TO 180 (200) PENCE
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By Arvind Bhunjun; arvindbhunjun@alliancenews.com; @ArvindBhunjun
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9 Jul 2023 22:41
Sunday newspaper round-up: BT Group, Aston Martin, MPs
(Sharecast News) - BT has intensified its preparations to see off a possible takeover bid by its major shareholder Deutsche Telekom. For months now, the telecoms services provider had been working with Robey Warshaw and Goldman Sachs to prepare against such a scenario. Speculation in that regard was reaching a crescendo both in the City and within the sector, due to BT's need to invest £15bn in its new fibre-optic broadband network and multiple potentially destabilising factors. - The Sunday Telegraph
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