LONDON (Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:----------FTSE 100----------LIBERUM RAISES GLENCORE TO 'HOLD' (SELL) - PRICE TARGET 300 PENCE----------HSBC RAISES RBS TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 290 (280) PENCE----------BARCLAYS RAISES ADMIRAL GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1939 (1717) PENCE - 'UNDERWEIGHT'----------BARCLAYS RAISES DIRECT LINE PRICE TARGET TO 361 (357) PENCE - 'EQUAL WEIGHT'----------BARCLAYS RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO 693 (682) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------HSBC CUTS LLOYDS PRICE TARGET TO 68 (72) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------HSBC RAISES BARCLAYS PRICE TARGET TO 270 (260) PENCE - 'BUY'----------MORGAN STANLEY CUTS STANDARD CHARTERED TARGET TO 590 (680) PENCE - 'UNDERWEIGHT'----------CREDIT SUISSE CUTS LEGAL & GENERAL TARGET TO 240 (254) PENCE - 'UNDERPERFORM'----------MORGAN STANLEY CUTS INFORMA TO 'EQUAL-WEIGHT' ('OVERWEIGHT') - TARGET 850 PENCE----------HSBC CUTS CRH PRICE TARGET TO 35 (37) EUR - 'BUY'----------BARCLAYS CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 760 (800) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------CFRA CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 300 (330) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 305 (315) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------RBC CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 300 (330) PENCE - 'SECTOR PERFORM'----------SOCGEN CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 272 (309) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------HSBC CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 350 (365) PENCE - 'BUY'----------FTSE 250----------DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS KAZ MINERALS PRICE TARGET TO 700 (900) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------CREDIT SUISSE CUTS KAZ MINERALS TO 'NEUTRAL' (OUTPERFORM) - TARGET 630 (1050) PENCE----------GOLDMAN CUTS KAZ MINERALS PRICE TARGET TO 650 PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------JPMORGAN CUTS KAZ MINERALS PRICE TARGET TO 635 (970) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------BARCLAYS RAISES ESURE GROUP TO 'EQUAL WEIGHT' (UNDERWEIGHT) - TARGET 280 (220) PENCE----------BARCLAYS CUTS JUST GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 148 (190) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------CREDIT SUISSE RAISES CAPITA GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 140 (120) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------BERENBERG RAISES MARSHALLS GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 530 (510) PENCE - 'BUY'----------JPMORGAN RAISES CINEWORLD GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 330 (310) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------RBC CUTS TRAVIS PERKINS PRICE TARGET TO 1180 (1350) PENCE - 'SECTOR PERFORM'----------
14 Aug 2018 07:15
Esure agrees £1.2bn takeover by Bain Capital; weather claims dent H1 profit
(Sharecast News) - Esure said on Tuesday that it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Bain Capital for 280p a share in cash, as it posted a drop in first-half pre-tax profit, partly on the back of adverse weather-related claims costs.
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