Friday broker round-up - UPDATE

19th Oct 2012 09:00

Aggreko: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 2,800p target; Seymour Pierce keeps buy rating and 2,500p target; Panmure Gordon cuts target from 2,228p to 2,159p, hold rating unchanged.Alliance Pharma: umps upgrades to buy, target lifted from 32p to 37p.Avacta: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 1.75p target.Barclays: Nomura keeps reduce rating and 210p target.BP: Deutsche Bank raises target from 480p to 500p, buy rating kept.Bunzl: Oriel Securities downgrades to 'hold', 1,200p target kept; Seymour Pierce retains hold rating and 1,000p target.Burberry: Investec upgrades from hold to buy, target lifted from 1,140p to 1,300p.Capita: Morgan Stanley downgrades to equal weight, target lifted from 760p to 780p.Chariot Oil & Gas: Merchant Securities keeps hold rating and 34.6p target.CRH: Deutsche Bank cuts target from 1,300p to 1,275p, hold rating kept.Debenhams: Seymour Pierce raises target from 100p to 110p, hold rating maintained.Dechra Pharmaceuticals: Panmure Gordon ups target from 550p to 600p, hold rating kept.Drax: HSBC downgrades to 'neutral', target cut from 600p to 580p.EMIS: Merchant Securities raises target from 900p to 1,050p, buy rating kept.Go-Ahead: UBS ups target from 1,200p to 1,250p, neutral rating kept.Imperial Tobacco: Panmure Gordon maintains buy rating and 2,900p target.Inmarsat: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 660p target.Johnson Service: Shore Capital upgrades to buy.Jupiter Fund Management: JPMorgan Cazenove ups target from 260p to 299p, overweight rating kept.Keller: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 651p target.Lancashire Holdings: JPMorgan Cazenove cuts target from 550p to 540p, overweight rating kept.Lloyds: JPMorgan Cazenove downgrades to 'underweight, target raised from 30p to 38p.Man Group: JPMorgan Cazenove ups target from 45p to 63p, neutral rating kept; UBS cuts target from 110p to 100p, buy rating kept.McBride: Panmure Gordon lifts target from 140p to 150p, buy rating kept.Morrison: Barclays Capital downgrades to underweight, target cut from 300p to 250p.Rank Group: Panmure Gordon maintains hold rating and 160p target.Redrow: Jefferies keeps hold rating and 152p target; Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating kept.Rockhopper Exploration: Merchant Securities keeps buy rating and 258p target.Royal Bank of Scotland: JPMorgan Cazenove ups target from 250p to 270p, neutral rating kept.Sinclair IS Pharma: Investec raises target from 36p to 40p, keeps buy rating.Spectris: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 1,925p target.St James's Place: Panmure Gordon maintains buy rating and 425p target.Standard Life: Berenberg downgrades to 'sell', target lifted from 275p to 290p.UBM: Panmure Gordon maintains sell rating and 620p target; JPMorgan Cazenove cuts target from 815p to 800p, overweight rating kept.Vertu Motors: Panmure Gordon raises target from 50p to 55p, buy rating kept.Whitbread: JPMorgan Cazenove ups target from 2,400p to 2,500p, overweight rating kept; Panmure Gordon ups target from 1,916p to 1,994p, hold rating kept.William Hill: Panmure Gordon maintains buy rating and 350p target.