Friday broker round-up UPDATE

11th Jan 2013 07:01

Aberdeen Asset Management: Credit Suisse raises target price from 380p to 410p reiterating an outperform rating.Afren: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 175p to 165p stayling with its buy rating.Ashmore Group: Credit Suisse moves target price from 380p to 375p and downgrades to underperform.Aviva: Citigroup increases target price from 346p to 479p and upgrades to buy.BHP Billiton: Bank of America-Merrill Lynch downgrades to underperform with a new price target of 1,900p. Macquarie downgrades to neutral from outperform. Brammer: Investec ups target price from 300p to 365p and retains its buy rating.Bunzl: Goldman Sachs raises target price from 1078p to 1111p and upgrades to neutral.Cairn Energy: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 350p to 335p and maintains its buy recommendation.Capital Shopping Centres: UBS downgrades to neutral with a target price of 365p.Centrica: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 325p to 345p keeping an equal-weight rating.Computacenter: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with its target price at 422p.Consort Medical: Jefferies reduces target price from 930p to 890p retaining a buy rating.Debenhams: Espirito Santo moves target price from 130p to 125p, while its buy recommendation is maintained.Diploma: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 500p to 600p staying with its buy rating.easyJet: UBS ups target price from 780p to 890p, but downgrades to neutral.First Group: UBS cuts target price from 180p to 170p and downgrades to sell.Genel Energy: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1045p to 1010p staying with its buy recommendation.Hays: Goldman Sachs shifts target price from 109p to 110p maintaining a buy rating.Hilton Food Group: Investec raises target price from 285p to 315p and retains a buy recommendation.International Consolidated Airlines Group: UBS moves target price from 185p to 250p and upgrades to neutral.International Personal Finance: Berenberg downgrades to hold with a target price of 310p.Iofina: Investec ups target price from 70p to 117p reiterating a buy recommendation.Ithaca Energy: Jefferies reduces target price from 180p to 170p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.Legal & General Group: Citigroup increases target price from 132p to 162p and stays with its neutral rating.Lloyds Banking Group: Investec moves target price from 36p to 46p and still recommends to sell.Marks & Spencer Group: UBS lowers target price from 430p to 400p and keeps its buy recommendation. HSBC cuts target price from 420p to 390p and downgrades to neutral.Ophir Energy: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 510p to 495p, while its hold recommendation is reiterated.Pace: JP Morgan ups target price from 216p to 229p maintaining an overweight rating.Premier Oil: UBS takes price target from 435p to 500p and still recommends to buy. Deutsche Bank moves its target price from 560p to 555p keeping a buy rating.Prudential: Citigroup raises target price from 972p to 1065p, while the buy recommendation is unchanged.Randgold Resources: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 7900p to 7000p, while reiterating an overweight rating.Resolution: Citigroup cuts target price from 302p to 261p, while the neutral rating is kept.Restaurant Group: Nomura increases target price from 380p to 425p maintaining a buy recommendation.Rio Tinto: Macquarie downgrades to neutral from outperform. Sainsbury: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 326p to 309p and keeps a hold recommendation.Salamander Energy: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 290p to 280p and retains a buy recommendation.Schroders: Credit Suisse raises target price from 1400p to 1800p and upgrades to neutral.Scottish & Southern Energy: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 1170p to 1185p, while its underweight rating remains unchanged.Segro: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 285p to 270p and retains an outperform rating.Standart Life: Citigroup increases target price from 222p to 350p keeping a neutral rating.Tesco: HSBC moves target price from 400p to 410p and stays with its overweight rating. Credit Suisse takes target price from 335p to 355p, while the neutral rating is maintained.Tullow Oil: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1155p to 1120p and still recommends to hold.Vodafone: Goldman Sachs lower target price from 219p to 209p keeping a buy recommendation.