Friday broker round-up - UPDATE

27th Jan 2012 09:43

CRH: Liberum Capital downgrades to hold from buy.Misys: Espirito Santo downgrades from buy to sell, cuts target to 263p from 275p. Aquarius: Credit Suisse maintains neutral and price target at £2.1. Lonmin: Credit Suisse maintains underperform and price target at £9.8. Imperial Tobacco: Citi reiterates buy.InterContinental Hotels: UBS downgrades from neutral to sell, target of 1,050p unchanged.Kazakhmys: Nomura maintains neutral stance and 1,200p target.Smith & Nephew: Nomura reiterates neutral rating and 596p target.Next: AlphaValue upgrades from add to buy, target lifted from 3,467.6p to 3,481.1p.Whitbread: UBS cuts target from 2,000p, to 1,950p, buy rating unchanged.Aveva: Merchant Securities keeps buy rating and sets a target of 1,785p; Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating and 1,604p target.Barratt Developments: Panmure Gordon reiterates buy recommendation and 158p target.Marston's: Peel Hunt keeps hold and 100p target; Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 130p target.EasyJet: AlphaValue downgrades from add to reduce target lifted from 463.9p to 466.6p; UBS raises target from 450p to 490p, buy rating unchanged.N Brown: UBS upgrades from neutral to buy, 280p target unchanged.Petropavlovsk: UBS cuts target from 1,130p to 1,070p, buy rating kept.Max Petroleum: Merchant Securities confirms a buy recommendation and 25.2p target.