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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Wed, 05th Dec 2012 07:19

Anglo American: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 2110p to 1802p and keeps an equal weight rating.Brewin Dolphin Holdings: Peel Hunt raises target price from 185p to 230p and maintains a buy rating.British Sky Broadcasting Group: Nomura raises target price from 950p to 975p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Cairn Energy: Societe Generale cuts target price from 290p to 280p, while keeping a hold recommendation.Character Group: Merchant Securities reduces target price from 119p to 82p and downgrades from hold to sell.Consort Medical: Jefferies raises target price from 880p to 930p, while maintaining a buy recommendation. Numis raises target price from 940p to 1000p keeping its buy recommendation. Investec raises target price from 695p to 854p and upgrades to hold.Darty: Alphavalue upgrades to buy; target price of 58p remains unchanged.Experian: Nomura raises target price from 1035p to 1215p; buy recommendation unchanged.Greene King: HSBC raises target price from 525p to 620p and keeps a neutral rating. HB Markets upgrades to buy.Halfords: Bank of America downgrades from buy to neutral.Hargreaves Services: Jefferies reduces target price from 1085p to 1035p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 927p to 829p, while maintaining an add rating. WH Ireland downgrades from buy to hold.HSBC Holdings: Investec raises target price from 630p to 650p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Home Retail Group: Bank of America upgrades from neutral to buy.Informa: Nomura raises target price from 530p to 545p and maintains its buy recommendation. Barclays moves target price from 480p to 490p, while keeping an overweight rating.InterContinental Hotels Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 1635p to 1650p and keeps a neutral rating.ITE Group: Investec raises target price from 247p to 255p and maintains a buy recommendation.Marston's: HSBC raises target price from 125p to 140p and maintains an overweight rating.Ophir Energy: Societe General raises target price from 580p to 600p and upgrades to buy.Pearson: Nomura moves target price from 1250p to 1270p; reduce rating unchanged.Premier Oil: Societe Generale reduces target price from 500p to 460p reiterating a buy recommendation.Publishing Technology: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 120p to 150p and maintains a buy recommendation.Reed Elsevier: Nomura raises target price from 700p to 750p and keeps its buy recommendation.Rockhopper Exploration: Societe Generale cuts target price from 210p to 200p and upgrades to buy.Sage Group: Merchant Securities moves target price from 280p to 290p keeping a hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 288p to 297p and reiterates a sell recommendation.Serco Group: Westhouse Securities upgrades to add, while keeping the target price at 630p.Sportingbet: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 61p to 56p maintaining a hold rating.Thomas Cook Group: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 36p and an outperform recommendation.TUI Travel: Exane BNP raises target price from 260p to 300p, while maintaining a neutral rating. HB Markes upgrades to buy.Tullow Oil: Morgan Stanley moves target price from 1785p to 1770p, while keeping an overweight rating. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1200p to 1180p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Barclays moves target price from 1920p to 1895p; overweight rating kept. Credit Suisse cuts target price from 1650p to 1550p keeping an outperform rating. Societe Generale reduces target price from 1500p to 1450p and maintains a hold recommendation. Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 1350p to 1150p and downgrades to sell. Exane BNP reduces target price from 1500p to 1450p reiterating an outperform rating.UBM: Nomura raises target price from 800p to 900p, while reiterating a buy rating.Wolseley: Barclays raises target price from 2850p to 3150p, while keeping an overweight rating. Credit Suisse raises target price from 3000p to 3200; outperform rating unchanged. JP Morgan raises target price from 3030p to 3150p and reiterates an overweight rating.WPP Group: Nomura raises target price from 980p to 1030p and keeps its buy recommendation.
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