** Vodafone shares up 2.3 pct following MorganStanley upping its price target on the stock and adding thatbelief in the market of a deal with Liberty Global is growing
** Trading activity was light however with stock one of theleast active FTSE 100 constituents on the day
** Potential deal with Liberty Global would face obstacles,MS says, though investors seeing increasing likelihood of a dealof some sort to materialize
** MS maintains "overweight" ratings on both stocks
(RM: vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)