(ShareCast News) - Acacia Mining: JP Morgan keeps at overweight with a target price of 620p. Indivior: Jefferies stays at buy, 450p target. Centrica: Berenberg reiterates buy with a 240p target. South 32: Deutsche Bank reiterates hold with a 122p target. Glencore: JP Morgan keeps at neutral with
Read more(ShareCast News) - Coca Cola HBC: Barclays keeps at underweight with a target price of 1630p. Smith & Nephew: Jefferies stays at buy, 1395p target. Merlin Entertainments: Berenberg starts coverage with a 440p target. South 32: Barclays reiterates overweight with a 200p target. Ladbrokes: UBS keep
Read more(ShareCast News) - South32 has agreed to acquire the Metropolitan Colliery, an underground metallurgical coal operation and associated interest in a nearby port terminal, for US$200m from beleaguered US giant Peabody Energy. As well as the cash payment, the two companies agreed a mechanism where the
Read more(ShareCast News) - Media and mining stocks paced gains at the start of the week. Advertising colossus WPP reported that quarterly revenues grew 23.4%, with over 15 percentage points of that growth rate coming from currency translation effects as the pound weakened. Indeed, LFL net sales growth was
Read more(ShareCast News) - Diversified miner South32 said production at its Illawarra Metallurgical Coal operation in Australia will be affected by the temporary suspension of its Appin Area 9 longwall and lower rates of production at the Appin Area 7 longwall. The company -- whose shares were up 4.03% to 1
Read more(ShareCast News) - Jupiter Fund Management got a boost on Tuesday as Barclays upgraded the stock to 'overweight' from 'equalweight' and lifted the price target to 525p from 420p to reflect a sector re-rating and earnings per share upgrades. The bank said Jupiter had "remarkably resilient" net inflow
Read more(ShareCast News) - UBS downgraded BHP Billiton to 'neutral' from 'buy' as it took a look at the mining sector, lifting the price target to 1,300p from 1,200p, saying the risk/reward was now balanced after a strong recovery in the share price. It noted the stock is up 63% year-to-date, outperforming
Read more(ShareCast News) - Shares in miners provided the biggest lift for the market, as at least two more top brokers weighed in with positive views on the space. Barclays upgraded its view on Anglo American and Kaz Minerals, to 'equalweight' from 'underweight' in both cases. On Anglo American, the broker
Read more(ShareCast News) - Barclays upgraded Anglo American to 'equalweight' from 'underweight' and lifted the price target to 845p from 550p on strong valuation support and solid earnings momentum, particularly from the recent rally in coking coal which leaves the balance sheet in a much better position th
Read more(ShareCast News) - Petra Diamonds: Citigroup reiterates buy with a target price of 120p; JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 139p target. Bovis Homes: UBS upgrades to neutral, 910p target. Electrocomponents: Credit Suisse keeps at underperform with a 300p target. Easyjet: HSBC keeps at reduce w
Read more(ShareCast News) - BAE systems: Goldman Sachs reiterates buy with a target price of 671p. Morrison: Jefferies maintains buy with a 210p target. Compass Group: UBS keeps at neutral with a 1485p target. Rio Tinto: Macquarie reiterates outperform with a 2900p target. Cobham: Goldman Sachs keeps at n
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