(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations late Wednesday and on Thursday morning:----------FTSE 100----------CFRA RAISES BURBERRY GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2400 (1800) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------MORGAN STANLEY CUTS WPP PRICE TARGET TO 1025 (1060) PENCE - 'EQUAL-WEIGHT'----------DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS RIO TINTO PRICE TARGET TO 5100 (5200) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------ODDO BHF CUTS BHP GROUP TO 'NEUTRAL' ('BUY') - TARGET 2000 PENCE----------JPMORGAN CUTS BHP GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 2000 (2070) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------HSBC CUTS BHP GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 1995 (2000) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------DZ BANK RAISES FAIR VALUE FOR BHP GROUP TO 1890 (1740) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------JPMORGAN RAISES INFORMA PRICE TARGET TO 855 (811) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------HSBC CUTS ST JAMES'S PLACE PRICE TARGET TO 1350 (1380) PENCE - 'BUY'----------MACQUARIE RAISES VODAFONE TO 'OUTPERFORM' (UNDERPERFORM)----------RBC CUTS INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELS TO 'UNDERPERFORM' ('SECTOR PERFORM'); TARGET 4500 (4737) PENCE----------DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES LSE PRICE TARGET TO 5200 (5000) PENCE - 'HOLD'----------FTSE 250----------PEEL HUNT CUTS GREGGS TO 'REDUCE' ('HOLD')----------JPMORGAN RAISES AVAST PRICE TARGET TO 340 (310) PENCE - 'NEUTRAL'----------OTHER MAIN MARKET AND AIM----------HSBC RAISES BIFFA PRICE TARGET TO 290 (280) PENCE - 'BUY'----------DEUTSCHE BANK RAISES FEVERTREE DRINKS TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 2900 (2800) PENCE----------BERENBERG RAISES CVS GROUP TO 'BUY' ('HOLD') - TARGET 1000 (550) PENCE----------
IN BRIEF: Vodafone CFO buys 2.5 million shares for GBP1.7 million
Vodafone Group PLC - Berkshire, England-based telecommunications provider - Group Chief Financial Officer Luka Mucic purchased 2.5 million shares on Friday in London at 69.64 pence each for GBP1.7 million in total. Vodafone also on Friday announced the sale of its Italian business to Swisscom AG for EUR8 billion, with EUR4 billion to be returned to shareholders through a buyback. It said, however, that annual dividends from financial 2025 onwards will be rebased to 4.5 euro cents, down from 9.00 cents for financial 2024.
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