Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo Pacific: FinnCap cuts target price from 279p to 216p, downgrades to hold.Ashmore Group: UBS reduces target price from 405p to 355p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Jefferies cuts target price from 475p to 375p, while its buy recommendation is kept. Barclays lowers target price from 380p to 300p retaining an equal-weight rating.Ashtead Group: Jefferies raises target price from 900p to 1000p keeping its buy recommendation.Avingtrans: FinnCap downgrades to hold.Bunzl: Credit Suisse raises target price from 1000p to 1530p, upgrading from underperform to neutral.Clinigen: Numis increases target price from 485p to 620p, but downgrades from buy to hold. Investec ups target price from 469p to 560p, while downgrading from hold to sell.CRH: UBS takes target price from 1740p to 2000p, staying with its buy recommendation. Societe Generale increases target price from 1270p to 1400p, but still recommends selling.Croda: JP Morgan ups target price from 2350p to 2400p and leaves its neutral rating unaltered.CSR: N+1 Singer places both its target price (prev.: 543p) and its hold recommendation under review.Drax Group: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 850p to 900p, retaining a buy recommendation.Elementis: Barclays moves target price from 233p to 243p, while staying with its underweight rating.Essentra: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 925p to 950p and maintains a buy recommendation.Fresnillo: UBS raises target price from 1100p to 1200p, keeping a buy recommendation.Genus: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 1210p to 1055p and reiterates its sell recommendation.GKN: JP Morgan moves target price from 430p to 445p and stays with its overweight rating.Gooch & Housego: Investec takes target price from 730p to 770p and retains a hold recommendation.Greencore Group: Investec ups target price from 240p to 265p and upgrades to buy. Numis takes target price from 250p to 265p and retains a hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 215p to 275p and upgrades from hold to buy.Greggs: Panmure Gordon increases target price from 500p to 600p keeping a buy recommendation.Hays: Jefferies moves target price from 148p to 159p and maintains a buy recommendation.Hiscox: Westhouse Securities ups target price from 630p to 650p and reiterates a neutral rating.HSBC Holdings: Nomura reduces target price from 790p to 710p retaining a neutral rating. Numis cuts target price from 764p to 725p, while staying with its add rating.Ilika: Numis reinstates with a target price of 77p and an add rating.Infinis: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 272p and a hold recommendation. Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 265p to 250p keeping a hold recommendation.Intertek Group: Jefferies cuts target price from 2750p to 2700p reiterating an underperform rating.ITV: Investec places its target price (prev.: 180p) under review, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged. Numis ups target price from 243p to 260p and keeps a buy recommendation.Ladbrokers: Nomura shifts target price from 134p to 135p retaining its reduce rating. Barclays moves target price from 123p to 128p and keeps an underweight rating.Oxford Instruments: Jefferies cuts target price from 1670p to 1625p and retains a hold recommendation.Persimmon: Jefferies raises target price from 1329p to 1427p keeping a hold recommendation. Deutsche Bank increases target price from 1366p to 1400p reiterating its hold recommendation. Citi ups target price from 1415p to 1610p and stays with its buy recommendation. Barclays lowers target price from 1180p to 1170p leaving its equal-weight rating unaltered. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 1158p to 1218p, but still recommends selling.Petrofac: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1410p) under review, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Randgold Resources: UBS initiates with a target price of 5400p and a buy recommendation.Restaurant Group: N+1 Singer increases target price from 608p to 700p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis raises target price to 725p keeping an add rating. Panmure Gordon takes target price from 684p to 750p and stays with its buy recommendation.Ricardo: Oriel initiates with a target price of 670p and a reduce rating.Safestore: Investec ups target price from 196p to 222p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Stagecoach Group: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 380p to 400p and maintains a buy recommendation.St James's Place: JP Morgan takes target price from 811p to 868p, maintaining an overweight rating. Barclays raises target price from 871p to 917p and keeps an overweight rating.Synectics: Westhouse Securities upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 675p.Taylor Wimpey: Jefferies shifts target price from 135p to 140p and retains a buy recommendation.Tesco: Jefferies reduces target price from 440p to 375p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Nomura cuts target price from 350p to 310p and keeps a neutral rating. Oriel downgrades from add to hold with a target price of 325p.United Utilities: Morgan Stanley downgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 775p.Weir Group: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 2250p) and its add recommendation under review.