LONDON (Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Thursday morning and Wednesday:----------FTSE 100----------UBS CUTS RELX TO 'SELL' ('NEUTRAL')----------BARCLAYS CUTS PEARSON TO 'UNDERWEIGHT' ('EQUAL WEIGHT') - PRICE TARGET 815 (855) PENCE----------BERNSTEIN RAISES SSE TARGET TO 1310 (1280) PENCE - 'MARKET-PERFORM'----------UBS RAISES FERGUSON PRICE TARGET TO 6550 (5950) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------SOCGEN CUTS WPP PRICE TARGET TO 1845 (1940) PENCE - 'BUY'----------BERENBERG RAISES HALMA PRICE TARGET TO 1570 (1410) PENCE - 'BUY'----------HSBC RAISES ASHTEAD GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2850 (2420) PENCE - 'BUY'----------BARCLAYS CUTS STANDARD LIFE ABERDEEN TARGET TO 440 (460) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------CFRA CUTS BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO PRICE TARGET TO 4150 (5000) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------FTSE 250----------NUMIS CUTS PZ CUSSONS PRICE TARGET TO 230 (255) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------NUMIS RAISES AVEVA GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2940 (2216) PENCE - 'ADD'----------HSBC CUTS FIRSTGROUP PRICE TARGET TO 80 (111) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------GOLDMAN CUTS PETS AT HOME PRICE TARGET TO 145 (198) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------JPMORGAN RAISES WORKSPACE GROUP TARGET TO 1250 (1100) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------RBC RAISES CAIRN ENERGY PRICE TARGET TO 400 (300) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'----------GOLDMAN RAISES BRITVIC PRICE TARGET TO 772 (765) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM----------NUMIS RAISES URBAN & CIVIC PRICE TARGET TO 410 (400) PENCE - 'BUY'----------LIBERUM RAISES MAJESTIC WINE PRICE TARGET TO 535 (500) PENCE - 'BUY'----------RBC CUTS CONSORT MEDICAL PRICE TARGET TO 1430 (1440) PENCE - 'OUTPERFORM'----------BERENBERG RAISES OXFORD INSTRUMENTS TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 1180 (1050) P----------JPMORGAN RAISES BIFFA PRICE TARGET TO 300 (290) PENCE - 'OVERWEIGHT'----------
LONDON BRIEFING: Lower open ahead of BoE, ECB; Currys swings to loss
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London are set to open lower on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected and ahead of three more central bank decisions.
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