Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

30th Jan 2014 09:06

Amedeo Resources: Daniel Stewart initiates with a target price of 2p and a buy recommendation.Anglo American: Credit Suisse ups target price from 1600p to 1650p and leaves its neutral rating unchanged.Antofagasta: Citi takes target price from 270p to 290p, but still recommends selling. JP Morgan raises target price from 815p to 850p, while leaving its neutral rating unaltered. Societe Generale increases target price from 780p to 794p, but still recommends selling.Aquarius Platinum: HSBC cuts target price from 225p to 208p retaining an overweight rating.Aviva: Citi ups target price from 525p to 540p and maintains a buy recommendation.Booker: Citi increases target price from 135p to 175p keeping a buy recommendation.Britvic: Barclays moves target price from 690p to 700p maintaining an overweight rating.Cairn Energy: Numis places both its target price and its buy recommendation under review.Carphone Warehouse: Barclays ups target price from 270p to 290p and keeps an equal-weight rating.Cranswick: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 1140p to 1200p, while its hold recommendation is left unchanged. Investec ups target price from 1275p to 1315p and maintains a buy recommendation.Diageo: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 1900p to 1835p and maintains a hold recommendation.Diamond Corp: Northland Capital shifts target price from 12.5p to 12.8p retaining a buy recommendation.Euromoney: Westhouse Securities places its target price (prev.: 1118p) under review, while keeping a sell recommendation. Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 1260p to 1320p, while downgrading from buy to hold.Glencore Xstrata: Investec moves target price from 299p to 308p, but still recommends selling.ITE Group: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 320p. Numis lowers target price from 385p to 380p retaining a buy recommendation. Investec cuts target price from 355p to 340p, while staying with its buy recommendation.Lion Asset Management: JP Morgan reduces target price from 281p to 251p reiterating a neutral rating.Lloyds Banking Group: Numis moves target price from 85p to 97p and keeps an add rating.Menzies: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 877p to 840p, while maintaining a buy recommendation.Mothercare: N+1 Singer cuts target price to 260p and retains a hold recommendation.Mulberry Group: Barclays reduces target price from 1000p to 700p and keeps an equal-weight rating.Oxford Instruments: Jefferies raises target price from 1420p to 1670p, while staying with its hold recommendation.Pearson: UBS reduces target price from 1500p to 1400p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. Numis cuts target price from 1322p to 1190p keeping its hold recommendation.Premier Food: Societe Generale takes target price from 80p to 150p upgrading to hold.Premier Oil: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 430p to 325p and downgrades from buy to neutral.Public Service Properties Investements: Westhouse Securities shaves target price from 40p to 37p retaining a buy recommendation.Renishaw: Numis upgrades from reduce to hold with a target price of 1700p. Investec places both its target price (prev.: 1795p) and its sell recommendation under review.Rentokil Initial: Jefferies moves target price from 116p to 128p and keeps a hold recommendation.Sainsbury: HSBC lowers target price from 380p to 360p maintaining its neutral rating.Scapa: Numis ups target price to 132p, while downgrading from buy to add.Spectra Systems: WH Ireland shapes target price from 53p to 46p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.Spirent Communications: N+1 Singer cuts target price from 140p to 119p reiterating its buy recommendation.Standard Chartered: Jefferies initiates with a target price of 1100p and an underperform rating.888 Holdings: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 160p to 149p keeping a hold recommendation.