Monday broker round-up UPDATE

13th Jan 2014 09:04

Admiral Group: Citi ups target price from 1220p to 1256p and reiterates a neutral rating.Afren: Nomura increases target price from 170p to 210p and stays with its neutral rating.Alternative Networks: Westhouse Securities increases target price from 445p to 540p reiterating its add rating.Amlin: Citi raises target price from 390p to 448p and keeps a neutral rating.Aviva: Citi takes target price from 502p to 525p and stays with its buy recommendation.Avon Rubber: Investec raises target price from 560p to 660p upgrading to add.BAE Systems: Investec lowers target price from 460p to 450p and retains a hold recommendation.Betfair Group: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 1185p to tp 1085p leaving its neutral rating unaltered.Bodycote: Investec moves target price from 750p to 770p and reiterates a buy recommendation.British American Tabacco: Nomura cuts target price from 3720p to 3640p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Cairn Energy: Nomura lowers target price from 370p to 350p and maintains a buy recommendation.Catlin Group: Citi ups target price from 569p to 635p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.Chemring Group: Investec moves target price from 260p to 280p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Cineworld Group: N+1 Singer takes target price from 376p to 500p upgrading from hold to buy.Cobham: Investec takes target price from 230p to 250p, while leaving its sell recommendation unchanged.Croda International: Berenberg reduces target price from 3100p to 2850p, while maintaining its buy recommendation.Direct Line: Citi moves target price from 233p to 244p reiterating its neutral rating.Domino Printing: Jefferies raises target price from 670p to 840p and keeps a hold recommendation. Investec increases target price from 770p to 830p, while downgrading to add.Dragon Oil: Nomura ups target price from 750p to 770p and retains a buy recommendation.easyJet: Credit Suisse raises target price from 1518p to 1988p upgrading from neutral to outperform.esure Group: Citi shifts target price from 285p to 291p maintaining a buy recommendation.e2v technologies: Investec lowers target price from 210p to 200p and retains a buy recommendation.Faroe Petroleum: Nomura moves target price from 190p to 200p keeping a buy recommendation.Fenner: Investec shifts target price from 385p to 390p, while still recommending selling.GKN: Investec ups target price from 410p to 420p retaining a buy recommendation.Gooch & Housego: Investec ups target price from 710p to 730p, while downgrading to hold.Greene King: N+1 Singer increases target price from 880p to 946p and retains a buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 750p to 860p, while its hold recommendation is kept.Halma: Investec raises target price from 675p to 730p and keeps a buy recommendation.Hays: Citi ups target price from 115p to 135p and maintains a neutral rating.Hellermann Tyton: Investec moves target price from 270p to 280p, but still keeps its sell recommendation.Hill & Smith Holdings: Investec ups target price from 535p to 555p, while downgrading to hold.Hiscox: Citi raises target price from 610p to 673p retaining a neutral rating.IMI: Investec takes target price from 1640p to 1680p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Imperial Tabacco: Nomura ups target price from 750p to 770p reiterating its reduce rating.Infinis: Deutsche Bank starts with a target price of 265p and a hold recommendation.InterContinental Hotels Group: Jefferies reduces target price from 1770p to 1650p downgrading to underperform.Just Retirement Group: Deutsche Bank initiates with a target price of 250p and a buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon starts with a target price of 265p and a buy recommendation.Laird: Investec increases target price from 190p to 260p, while its sell recommendation remains unchanged.Lancashire Holdings: Citi ups target price from 821p to 850p and keeps a buy recommendation.Legal & General Group: Citi takes target price from 210p to 235p and maintains a neutral rating.London Metric Property: Cantor Fitzgerald moves target price from 150p to 160p and maintains a buy recommendation.Meggitt: Investec shifts target price from 535p to 540p retaining a hold recommendation.Melrose: Investec moves target price from 323p to 332p and keeps a buy recommendation.Millennium & Copthorne: Jefferies ups target price from 510p to 550p retaining a hold recommendation.Morgan Advanced Materials: Investec raises target price from 390p to 405p and maintains a buy recommendation.Office2Office: WH Ireland cuts target price from 60p to 42p, while leaving its outperform rating unaltered.Ophir Energy: Nomura ups target price from 430p to 460p upgrading to buy.Premier Oil: Nomura cuts target price from 450p to 440p staying with its buy recommendation.Prudential: Citi increases target price from 1390p to 1550p and keeps a buy recommendation.QinetiQ: Investec moves target price from 240p to 250p keeping a buy recommendation.Renishaw: Investec ups target price from 1670p to 1695p, but downgrades to sell.Resolution: Citi takes target price from 314p to 350p, while staying with its neutral rating.Rolls-Royce Group: Investec raises target price from 1250p to 1350p, while downgrading to add.Rotork: Investec moves target price from 2950p to 3000p upgrading to buy.RSA Insurance: Citi cuts target price from 126p to 100p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.Senior: Investec downgrades to reduce with a target price of 290p.Serco Group: Credit Suisse takes target price from 500p to 580p maintaining an outperform rating.Signet Jewelers: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 5300p to 5100p, while its buy recommendation is kept.Smiths Group: Investec ups target price from 1600p to 1660p and maintains its buy recommendation.Soco International: Nomura moves target price from 400p to 410p maintaining a neutral rating.Spectris: Investec raises target price from 2640p to 2900p and stays with its buy recommendation.Spirax-Serco Engineering: Investec increases target price from 3150p to 3425p and retains a buy recommendation.Standard Life: Citi cuts target price from 376p to 360p and maintains a neutral rating.Tesco: Nomura lowers target price from 360p to 350p and retains a neutral rating.Tritax: Jefferies initiates with a target price of 114p and a buy recommendation.Tullow Oil: Nomura ups target price from 1130p to 1170p and stays with a neutral rating.UBM: Westhouse Securities downgrades from buy to add with a target price of 755p.Ultra Electronics: Investec ups target price from 1960p to 2000p, while downgrading to hold.Vesuvius: Investec shifts target price from 480p to 485p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Vitec Group: Investec moves target price from 840p to 850p and keeps a buy recommendation.Whitbread: Jefferies increases target price from 2700p to 3600p and maintains a hold recommendation.Xaar: Investec raises target price from 860p to 1180p maintaining an add rating.