Monday broker round-up UPDATE

24th Feb 2014 08:15

Associated British Foods: Numis downgrades from reduce to sell with a target price of 2240p. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 2500p to 2760p and maintains a hold recommendation. Jefferies increases target price from 2450p to 2600p and keeps a hold recommendation.Aviva: JP Morgan shifts target price from 486p to 491p retaining an overweight rating.BAE Systems: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 425p to 405p and maintains a hold recommendation. Investec cuts target price from 450p to 430p, while upgrading to add.Balfour Beatty: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold with a target price of 280p.Bovis Homes Group: Jefferies increases target price from 1036p to 1168p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis raises target price to 1960p and retains a hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 900p to 923p maintaining a buy recommendation.BP: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 520p to 540p and retains a buy recommendation.BT Group: Berenberg raises target price from 411p to 460p reiterating a buy recommendation.Bunzl: Numis increases target price to 1680p, while downgrading from buy to add. Investec places its target price (prev.: 1400p) under review, while leaving its add rating unaltered.Debenhams: Goldman Sachs lowers target price from 78p to 60p and keeps its sell recommendation.Dialight: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1020p) under review, while retaining its buy recommendation. Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 1150p to 1000p, while keeping a buy recommendation.Dunelm Group: Citi ups target price from 1040p to 1075p and maintains a buy recommendation.First Quantum Minerals: Jefferies raises target price from 1300p to 1400p and stays with its buy recommendation.HSBC Holdings: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 825p to 750p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Informa: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 590p to 550p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Ladbrokers: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 196p to 177p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.MANX: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 180p and a buy recommendation.Newmark Security: Cantor Fitzgerald shifts target price from 2p to 2.5p and retains a buy recommendation.New River Retails: Liberum Capital ups target price from 300p to 311p and reiterates its buy recommendation.Randgold Resources: Investec raises target price from 4306p to 4657p, while downgrading to hold.Rightmove: Canaccord Genuity downgrades from buy to hold with an unchanged target price of 3000p.Sovereign Mines of Africa: Davy initiates with a target price of 4p and a neutral rating.Spirit Pub Company: Jefferies moves target price from 75p to 85p, while downgrading from buy to hold.Tate & Lyle: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 900p to 660p and downgrades from buy to hold.Tullow Oil: Credit Suisse cuts target price from 1025p to 1000p and maintains a neutral rating.Vodafone Group: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 258p to 255p keeping a buy recommendation.WG Group: Investec raises target price from 720p to 795p and maintains a buy recommendation.XP Power: Investec takes target price from 1850p to 1975p and stays with its buy recommendation.