Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

Avocet Mining: Goldman Sachs downgrades from neutral to sell.Barr (AG):Numis upgrades to add with a traget price of 525p.British Land: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 540p to 570p and upgrades to overweight. Jefferies raises target price from 554p to 561p, hold recommendation maintained.Capita Group: Oriel Securities upgrades to add.Carclo: Liberum Capital raises target price from 430p to 500, buy rating remains unchanged.Chime Communications: Peel Hunt reduces target price from 255p to 240p, buy rating kept.Direct Line: Morgan Stanley initiates with an overweight recommendation and a target price of 236p.easyJet: UBS raises target price from 680p to 780p, buy recommendation kept.Halfords Group: Investec raises target price from 355p to 360p, buy rating reiterated.Halma: Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 370p to 365p, sell recommendation kept.Hammerson: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 530p to 500p and downgrades from overweight to equal weight.Homeserve: Jefferies raises target price from 160p to 225p, hold recommendation unchanged. Numis raises target price from 176p to 260p, hold rating kept.Informa Group: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 480p to 440p, outperform rating maintained.Innovation Group: Investec raises target price from 24p to 30p, buy recommendation kept.Land Securities Group: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 810p to 830p and upgrades to overweight.Lloyds Banking Group: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 30p to 47p and upgrades from underweight to equal weight.MITIE Group: Oriel Securities reduces target price from 330p to 315p, add rating unchanged.Netcall: Merchant Securities raises target price from 33p to 35p, buy rating maintained.Paragon Group of Companies: UBS raises target price from 262p to 265p, buy recommendation reiterated. Jefferies raises target price from 260p to 290p, buy rating remains unchanged. RBC Capital Markets raises target price from 240p to 260p and dongrades to neutral.Serco Group: Oriel Securities upgrades to hold with a target price of 500p.Signet Jewelers: UBS raises target price from 3500p to 3700p, buy rating maintained.UK Main Group: Investec raises target price from 290p to 300p, buy rating unchanged.