(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and Thursday afternoon:----------FTSE 100----------MORGAN STANLEY RAISES HISCOX TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL-WEIGHT') - Price Target 1,780 PENCE (1,698) ----------PANMURE RESUMES TUI WITH 'HOLD' - TARGET 852 PENCE----------BARCLAYS RAISES ASTRAZENECA PRICE TARGET TO 7800 (7600) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------CREDIT SUISSE CUTS GLENCORE PRICE TARGET TO 300 (390) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'----------JPMORGAN CUTS RBS PRICE TARGET TO 210 (260) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------JPMORGAN CUTS LLOYDS BANKING PRICE TARGET TO 60 (70) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------JPMORGAN CUTS KINGFISHER PRICE TARGET TO 190 (200) PENCE - 'UNDERWEIGHT'----------LAMPE CUTS HSBC PRICE TARGET TO 700 (800) PENCE - 'BUY'----------FTSE 250----------UBS RAISES SYNTHOMER TO 'NEUTRAL' ('SELL') - TARGET 310 (326) PENCE----------DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES GVC HOLDING PRICE TARGET TO 945 (910) PENCE - 'BUY'----------LIBERUM RAISES NETWORK INTERNATIONAL PRICE TARGET TO 675 (650) PENCE - 'BUY'----------BARCLAYS RAISES NETWORK INTERNATIONAL PRICE TARGET TO 625 (585) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------JPMORGAN CUTS KAZ MINERALS PRICE TARGET TO 590 (595) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------GOLDMAN CUTS ASTON MARTIN PRICE TARGET TO 670 (1500) PENCE - 'BUY'----------RBC RAISES IWG PRICE TARGET TO 450 (260) PENCE - 'SECTOR PERFORM'----------RBC RAISES CAIRN ENERGY PRICE TARGET TO 195 (185) PENCE - 'SECTOR PERFORM'----------OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM----------MAINFIRST CUTS RYANAIR TO 'UNDERPERFORM' (OUTPERFORM) - PRICE TARGET 8 (12) EUR----------LIBERUM RAISES KERRY GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 112 (95) EUR - 'HOLD'----------
IN BRIEF: Ryanair passenger traffic grows to 16 million in April
Ryanair Holdings PLC - Dublin-based budget airline - Carries 16.0 million passengers in April, up 13% from 14.2 million in April last year and up 27% from March this year. Ryanair notes that this April was hurt by strikes by French air traffic controllers, resulting in more than 650 flights with 118,000 passengers being cancelled, while April last year was hurt by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Load factor last month was 94%, up from 91% a year before and 93% from March. On a rolling 12-month basis, Ryanair carried 170.3 million passengers in April, up 55% from 110.2 million a year before. Load factor for the 12 months improved to 94% from 83%.
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