Costain Group Share News (COST)

Barratt Developments: Liberum Capital ups target price from 430p to 468p and keeps a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank takes target price from 394p to 452p and retains a buy recommendation. Citi raises target price from 390p to 460p and maintains its buy recommendation.Bodycote: FinnCap increases target price from 620p to 780p maintaining a hold recommendation. UBS ups target price from 800p to 860p and retains its buy recommendation.British American Tabacco: Nomura ups target price from 3640p to 3700p and retains a buy recommendation. Citi takes target price from 3600p to 3650p maintaining a buy recommendation.Britivc: UBS increases target price from 600p to 740p and maintains a neutral rating.Capita Group: Jefferies raises target price from 1115p to 1300p and keeps a buy recommendation.Carillion: Investec raises target price from 305p to 360p and stays with its hold recommendation.COLT Telecom: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 145p to 141p and retains its buy recommendation.Costain Group: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy with a target price of 300p.Derwent London: Jefferies increases target price from 2600p to 2817p and retains a hold recommendation. Deutsche Bank ups target price from 2140p to 2200p, but still recommends selling.Elementis: Numis raises target price to 297p and keeps a hold recommendation.Howden Joinery: N+1 Singer takes target price from 365p to 415p and stays with its buy recommendation. Citi ups target price from 315p to 365p and maintains a neutral rating.Jupiter Fund Management: Jefferies ups target price from 375p to 400p and stays with its hold recommendation. Espirito Santo takes target price from 465p to 489p and stays with its buy recommendation.Kazakhmys: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 235p to 355p and upgrades from neutral to add. Credit Suisse increases target price from 235p to 330p, while its neutral rating is kept. Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 182p to 188p keeping its sell recommendation. Barclays upgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 220p. Numis raises target price from 130p to 220p, but still recommends selling.Laird: Espirito Santo ups target price from 325p to 360p keeping a buy recommendation. Investec places both its target price (prev.: 260p) and its sell recommendation under review.Lancashire Holdings: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 820p to 790p and leaves its neutral rating unaltered.Man Group: Jefferies takes target price from 70p to 100p upgrading from underperform to hold. Barclays moves target price from 94p to 108p and retains an equal-weight rating. UBS shifts target price from 91p to 100p leaving its neutral rating unaltered.National Express: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 250p to 300p maintaining a hold recommendation.Pearson: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1200p) under review, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged. Numis places both its target price and its hold recommendation under review.Petra Diamonds: Investec ups target price from 156p to 189p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Playtech: Nomura initiates with a target price of 776p and a neutral rating.Premier Oil: Barclays reduces target price from 535p to 485p, while keeping an overweight rating.Randall & Quilter: Numis raises target price from 35p to 165p, while keeping its hold recommendation.Redrow: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 294p to 322p and retains a hold recommendation. Barclays lowers target price from 383.4p to 382.9p and keeps an overweight rating. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 293p to 328p staying with its hold recommendation.Reed Elsevier: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 940p to 960p reiterating a buy recommendation. Barclays lowers target price from 1025p to 1020p and retains its overweight rating.Rentokil Initial: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 97p to 136p upgrading from sell to hold.Rightmove: Numis raises target price from 3270p to 3360p upgrading from add to buy.Royal Bank of Scotland: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 320p to 315p and keeps a sell recommendation. Citi cuts target price from 290p to 270p keeping a sell recommendation.RSA Insurance: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 109p to 100p leaving its hold recommendation unaltered. UBS lowers target price from 113p to 103p and downgrades from buy to neutral.Speedy Hire: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 88p to 81p and keeps a buy recommendation.Spirent Communications: N+1 Singer shifts target price from 119p to 125p and retains a buy recommendation.Staffline: FinnCap initiates with a target price of 870p and a buy recommendation.Standard Chartered: UBS reduces target price from 1680p to 1515p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.Synthomer: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 302p to 288p, while staying with its buy recommendation.Tate & Lyle: UBS reduces target price from 750p to 600p and maintains its sell recommendation.Travis Perkins: Jefferies raises target price from 1380p to 1430p reiterating an underperform rating.UBM: Investec places its target price (prev.: 750p) under review, while keeping its buy recommendation.UDG Healthcare: N+1 Singer ups target price from 350p to 410p and reiterates its buy recommendation.Vodafone Group: Espirito Santo lowers target price from 238p to 233p, while upgrading to neutral.William Hill: Investec shifts target price from 530p to 535p and maintains a buy recommendation. Daniel Stewart cuts target price from 555p to 500p and keeps a buy recommendation.WPP Group: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1550p to 1470p, while staying with its buy recommendation. Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 1620p to 1540p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Nomura cuts target price from 1575p to 1525p and reiterates its buy recommendation. Barclays lowers target price from 1535p to 1525p maintaining an overweight rating. Investec reduces target price from 1469p to 1350p and downgrades to add.LS