Thursday broker round-up

Aberdeen: Charles Stanley downgrades to 'hold'.Afren: Canaccord reduces target price from 115p to 65p, while staying with its 'speculative buy' recommendation.Amino Technologies: Northland moves target price from 120p to 130p and retains a 'buy' recommendation.Belgravium Technologies: WH Ireland lowers target price from 8p to 6p and keeps its 'buy' recommendation.Bellway: Panmure increases target price from 1756p to 1991p and maintains a 'buy' recommendation.Betfair: PeelHunt places both its target price (prev.: 1201p) and its 'hold' recommendation under review.BG Group: Canaccord reduces target price from 1520p to 1258p, while staying with its 'buy' recommendation.BHP Billiton: UBS reduces target price from 2100p to 2000p, while keeping a 'buy' recommendation. Investec reduces target price from 1724p to 1599p and maintains a 'hold' recommendation.Borders & Southern Petroleum: Canaccord lowers target price from 15p to 9p and keeps a 'hold' recommendation.BP: canaccord reduces target price from 560p to 500p and retains a 'buy' recommendation.Bovis Homes Group: Panmure ups target price from 956p to 1005p and leaves its 'buy' recommendation.Cairn Energy: canaccord cuts target price from 200p to 185p and maintains a 'hold' recommendation.Carr's Milling: Investec ups target price from 1900p to 1918p and reiterates a 'buy' recommendation.Chesnara: Canaccord ups target price from 335p to 360p and upgrades from 'hold' to 'buy'.Clipper Logistics: Numis moves target price from 170p to 180p and upgrades from 'add' to 'buy'.Consort Medical: N+1 Singer reduces target price from 950p to 806p, while upgrading from 'hold' to 'buy'.CVS Group: PeelHunt ups target price from 400p to 475p and maintains a 'buy' recommendation.Debenhams: N+1 Singer lowers target price from 78p to 75p and downgrades to 'hold'.Eland Oil & Gas: Canaccord cuts target price from 185p to 160p, while keeping a 'buy' recommendation.EnQuest: Canaccord lowers target price from 100p to 90p and keeps a 'hold' recommendation.Falkland Oil & Gas: Canaccord lowers target price from 45p to 35p and stays with its 'buy' recommendation.Faroe Petroleum: Canaccord lowers target price from 145p to 140p and stays with its 'buy' recommendation.Genel Energy: Canaccord cuts target price from 1050p to 1000p and retains a 'buy' recommendation.Glencore Xstrata: Liberum downgrades to 'sell' with a target price of 280p.Green Dragon Gas: Cantor Fitzgerald reduces target price from 952p to 885p and stays with its 'buy' recommendation.Gulf Keystone: Canaccord lowers target price from 70p to 60p and keeps a 'hold' recommendation.Gulfsands Petroleum: Canaccord reduces target price from 110p to 30p and reiterates its 'hold' recommendation.Hikma Pharmaceuticals: Panmure raises target price from 1800p to 2120p and keeps a 'hold' recommendation.Hill & Smith: PeelHunt initiates with a target price of 660p and a 'buy' recommendation.Hunting: Numis reduces target price from 555p to 487p, retaining a 'reduce' rating.Igas Energy: canaccord cuts target price from 150p to 125p, retaining its 'buy' recommendation.Ithaca Energy: Canaccord lowers target price from 160p to 150p and keeps a 'buy' recommendation.Lekoil: Canaccord lowers target price from 75p to 70p and retains a 'speculative buy' recommendation.Lloyds Banking Group: Espirito Santo shifts target price from 70p to 72p and maintains its 'sell' recommendation.Man Group: UBS ups target price from 132p to 156p and reiterates a 'buy' recommendation.Next Fifteen Communications: Canaccord shifts target price from 161p to 166p and maintains a 'buy' recommendation.Ophir Energy: Canaccord reduces target price from 275p to 200p and stays with its 'buy' recommendation.Persimmon: Panmure raises target price from 1300p to 1455p and keeps a 'hold' recommendation.Petra Diamonds: Investec moves target price from 251p to 263p and retains a 'buy' recommendation.Petro Neft: Canaccord shifts target price from 8p to 9.5p, upgrading from 'hold' to 'buy'.Premier Oil: Canaccord cuts target price from 250p to 215p and maintains a 'hold' recommendation.Redrow: Panmure ups target price from 306p to 324p and maintains a 'buy' recommendation.Robert Walters: Panmure ups target price from 329p to 353p and upgrades to 'buy'.Rotork: Liberum reduces target price from 2500p to 1910p and keeps a 'sell' recommendation.Royal Bank of Scotland: Espirito Santo ups target price from 320p to 385p and stays with its 'neutral' rating.Royal Dutch Shell: Canaccord reduces target price from 2800p to 2480p, while leaving its 'buy' recommendation unchanged.Sage Group: Citi ups target price from 450p to 475p and reiterates a 'buy' recommendation. UBS ups target price from 390p to 410p and retains its 'neutral' rating.Smith (DS): Investec places its target price (prev.: 350p) under review, while staying with its 'buy' recommendation.SOCO International: Canaccord cuts target price from 380p to 320p and reiterates a 'hold' recommendation.Standard Chartered: Espirito Santo reduces target price from 1575p to 1150p and keeps its 'buy' recommendation.Taylor Wimpey: Panmure shifts target price from 116p to 120p and retains a 'hold' recommendation.TUI Travel: Numis downgrades from 'add' to 'hold' with a target price of 425p.