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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Wed, 20th Mar 2013 08:53
Abcam: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 344p to 358p, but still recommends selling.Antofagasta: Jefferies cuts target price from 1350p to 1100p, while keeping a hold recommendation.ASOS: Cantor Fitzgerald raises target price from 2500p to 2900p reiterating a hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon increases target price from 3300p to 4000p and retains its buy recommendation. Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 2600p to 3400p and upgrades from hold to buy.AstraZeneca: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 3020p to 3310p and maintains an equal-weight rating.BHP Billiton: Jefferies lowers target price from 2600p to 2550p reiterating a buy recommendation.British Sky Broadcasting Group: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 1040p to 1070p keeping a strong buy recommendation.Cairn Energy: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 335p to 340p and retains a buy recommendation.Centrica: Citigroup shifts target price from 360p to 370p, while downgrading to neutral.Chariot Oil & Gas: Cantor Fitzgerald upgrades from sell to hold with a target price of 21p. Investec lowers target price from 21p to 31p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.Charles Stanley: Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 370p to 403p upgrading to buy.Compass Group: Bank of America moves target price from 885p to 925p and retains a buy recommendation.Daily Mail & General Trust: Jefferies ups target price from 683p to 800p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Goldman Sachs raises target price from 590p to 695p, but downgrades to sell.Domino Printing Sciences: Citigroup moves target price from 579p to 610p, but downgrades to sell.EG Solutions: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 88p to 92p and leaves its hold recommendation unchanged.Filtrona: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 690p to 795p and maintains its buy recommendation.FlyBe: HSBC Holdings cuts target price from 70p to 50p and downgrades to neutral.Genus: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 1360p to 1740p, while staying with its overweight rating.Hammerson: Oriel Securities upgrades to add.Hochschild Mining: HSBC Holdings lowers target price from 500p to 460p maintaining an overweight rating.Howden Joinery Group: Jefferies raises target price from 160p to 200p and keeps a hold recommendation. UBS takes target price from 215p to 250p retaining a buy recommendation.Informa: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 555p to 600p and stays with its buy recommendation.InterContinental Hotels Group: Nomura ups target price from 1670p to 2066p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged.ITV: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 131p to 154p and maintains a buy recommendation.Kazakhmys: Jefferies reduces target price from 800p to 500p, while maintaining a hold recommendation.Lonmin: Societe Generale increases target price from 38p to 110p, but still recommends selling.National Grid: Credit Suisse takes target price form 770p to 800p and keeps an outperform rating.Optos: N+1 Singer downgrades to sell with a target price of 172p. Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 313p to 312p keeping a buy recommendation.Reed Elsevier: Goldman Sachs raises target price from 734p to 800p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged.Rentokil: RBC shifts target price from 105p to 115p reiterating an outperform rating.Rio Tinto: Jefferies cuts target price from 4300p to 4100p, while maintaining a buy recommendation.Royal Bank of Scotland: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy with its target price at 340p.Sainsbury: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 309p to 327p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Salamander Energy: Deutsche Bank revises target price from 280p to 310p maintaining its buy recommendation.Smiths Group: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1430p) under review and keeps its buy recommendation.Synthomer: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 175p to 200p and leaves its hold recommendation unaltered.Tanfield Group: WH Ireland restarts coverage with a speculative buy, while keeping its target price still under review.UNITE Group: Espirito Santo revises target price from 319p to 371p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Vatukoula Gold Mines: WH Ireland reduces target price from 115p to 80p, while maintaining its buy recommendation.William Hill: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 436p to 475p and stays with its buy recommendation.Wolseley: Liberum Capital raises target price from 3150p to 3730p and upgrades to buy.WPP Group: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 1155p to 1340p keeping a buy recommendation.

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