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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Thu, 14th Feb 2013 08:09
African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 410p to 340p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Investec reduces target price from 405p to 315p and downgrades from buy to hold. JP Morgan lowers target price from 370p to 290p and downgrades to underweight.AG Barr: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight. Canaccord Genuity downgrades to hold with a target price of 490p.ASOS: HSBC raises target price from 2750p to 3530p and upgrades to overweight.Barclays: Deutsche Bank revises target price from 360p to 380p maintaining a buy recommendation. Investec moves target price from 320p to 340p, while downgrading from buy to hold.Brown (N) Group: HSBC takes target price from 420p to 430p reiterating an overweight rating.Britvic: Barclays cuts to equal-weight. JP Morgan lowers target price from 400p to 380p and downgrades to underperform.Daily Mail and General Trust: UBS raises target price from 520p to 650p maintaining a neutral rating.Euromoney Institutional Investor: UBS increases target price from 775p to 900p and retains a neutral rating.FlyBe: HSBC lowers target price from 80p to 70p and retains an overweight rating.Gulfsands Petroleum: Cantor Fitzgerald (formerly Seymour Pierce) reduces target price from 366p to 162p and keeps a buy recommendation.G4S: Investec revises target price from 280p to 330p and upgrades from hold to buy.Halma: Investec increases target price from 515p to 550p keeping a buy recommendation.Hikma: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 825p to 930p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.JSC Bank of Georgia Holdings: Citigroup downgrades to neutral with a target price of 1500p.Laird: JP Morgan moves target price from 281p to 291p reiterating an overweight rating. Numis increases target price from 250p to 310p and stays with its buy recommendation.McBride: Investec shifts target price from 150p to 154p and maintains a buy rating.Morgan Crucible: Investec ups target price from 295p to 370p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Newmark Security: Cantor Fitzgerald (formerly Seymour Pierce) moves target price from 1.50p to 2.00p maintaining a buy recommendation.Next: HSBC increases target price from 4100p to 4965p upgrading to overweight.Norcros: Numis downgrades to add with a target price of 20p.Oxford Instruments: JP Morgan takes target price from 1500p to 1750p and leaves its overweight rating unchanged.Reckitt Benckiser: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 4600p to 4800p and stays with its buy recommendation. Credit Suisse raises target price from 3700p to 4000p retaining a neutral rating. Nomura increases target price from 4800p to 4900p, while its buy recommendation is kept. Oriel Securities moves target price from 3730p to 4700p upgrading to add.Rolls-Royce Group: Investec downgrades from buy to add with its target price at 1005p.Salamander Energy: Investec revises target price from 200p to 250p and upgrades from hold to buy.SOCO International: Exane BNP lowers target price from 405p to 390p, while leaving its neutral rating unaltered.Spirent Communications: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 184p to 192p and keeps a buy recommendation.SVG Capital: Oriel Securities shifts target price from 360p to 370p, while its buy recommendation is kept.Synergy Health: Investec raises target price from 1048p to 1105p, while downgrading from buy to add.Telecity Group: Investec ups target price from 750p to 1000p and upgrades from hold to buy. UBS revises target price from 945p to 1000p reiterating a buy recommendation.Tullow Oil: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1105p to 1075p keeping a hold recommendation. Credit Suisse cuts target price from 1450p to 1350p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. Nomura lowers target price from 1350p to 1330p and retains a reduce rating.Whitbread: Investec increases target price from 1650p to 2000p, but still recommends selling.

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