Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

17th Jan 2013 07:19

African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 335p to 305p, while its sell recommendation is unchanged.Anglo American: Exane cuts target price from 2000p to 1650p and downgrades from neutral to underperform.Antofagasta: Exane ups target price from 1400p to 1500p keeping an outperform rating.Aquarius Platinum: Exane shifts target price from 50p to 55p, while retaining a neutral rating.Asos: Seymour Pierce increases target price from 2350p to 2500p, while its hold recommendation is kept.Associated British Foods: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 1450p to 1670p, while staying with its hold recommendation.Barratt Developments: UBS ups target price from 210p to 250p retaining its buy rating.BHP Billiton: Exane takes target price from 1800p to 2000p, while the neutral rating is maintained.Brown N Group: Oriel Securities upgrades to buy with its target price still at 420p.Burberry Group: Alphavalue increases target price from 1194p to 1198.80p and downgrades to sell.Cable & Wireless Communications: Alphavalue shifts target price from 46.40p to 46.50p and upgrades to buy.Cineworld: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 229p to 238p and maintains a sell recommendation.Diploma: Jefferies raises target price from 520p to 615p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Espirito Santo increases target price from 481p to 604p keeping a buy rating.Dixons Retail: Alphavalue shifts target price from 29.40p to 29.30p and upgrades to add.Drax Group: RBC Capital upgrades to outperform.easyJet: Alphavalue moves target price from 741.90p to 742.10p and downgrades to reduce.Experian: Jefferies increases target price from 1150p to 1200p and upgrades from hold to buy.Faroe Petroleum: Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 205p to 200p and still recommends to buy.Fenner: Credit Suisse raises target price from 345p to 400p retaining a neutral rating.First Quantum Minerals: Exane moves target price from 1350p to 1470p and keeps a neutral rating.French Connection Group: Oriel Securities downgrades to hold with its target price still at 30p.Genel Energy: Liberum Capital initiates with a hold recommendation and a target price of 850p.Glencore: Exane raises target price from 370p to 400p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged.Halma: Credit Suisse shifts target price from 455p to 510p, while reiterating an outperform rating.Home Retail Group: Seymour Pierce ups target price from 70p to 115p and upgrades from sell to hold. Bank of America increases target price from 130p to 155p keeping a buy recommendation.IMI: Credit Suisse moves target price from 860p to 1460p and upgrades to outperform.Invensys: Credit Suisse takes target price from 220p to 368p, while its neutral rating is not changed.Kazakhmys: Exane ups target price from 480p tu 620p retaining an underperform rating.Melrose: Credit Suisse raises target price from 220p to 245p, while its neutral rating is reiterated.New World Resources: Exane lowers target price from 270p to 230p and downgrades to underperform.Pearson: Societe Generale increases target price from 1020p to 1090p, but still recommends to sell.Reed Elsevier: Societe Generale raises target price from 690p to 750p, while its buy recommendation is reiterated.Renishaw: Credit Suisse ups target price from 1530p to 1985p, while the neutral rating remains unchanged.Rio Tinto: Morgan Stanley takes target price from 3450p to 3710p and downgrades to equal-weight. Exane ups target price from 4450p to 4900p keeping an outperform rating. Citigroup moves target price from 3300p to 4000p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Rotork: Credit Suisse upgrades its target price from 2430p to 2780p, while the outperform rating is kept.SAB Miller: Macquarie upgrades from neutral to outperform.SDL: Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 538p to 524p maintaining a hold rating.Senior: Credit Suisse raises target price from 210p to 260p upgrading from neutral to outperform.Spectris: Credit Suisse takes target price from 2075p to 2370p and stays with an outperform rating.Spirax-Sarco-Engineering: Credit Suisse increases target price from 1950p to 2340p reiterating a neutral rating.Stobart Group: Investec reduces target price from 150p to 130p and retains a buy recommendation.Tate & Lyle: Credit Suisse ups target price from 750p to 845p reiterating an outperform rating.TUI Travel: Morgan Stanley upgrades from underweight to equal-weight keeping its target price of 250p. Exane cuts target price from 300p to 280p and downgrades from neutral to underperform. Nomura starts with a target price of 168p and a neutral rating.UBM: UBS lowers target price from 720p to 700p keeping its neutral rating.Vesuvius: Credit Suisse starts with a target price of 400p and a neutral rating.Weir Group: Credit Suisse ups target price from 1815p to 1970p, while its neutral rating is kept.Wetherspoon JD: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 560p to 540p, while its equal-weight rating remains unchanged.WPP Group: Societe Generale increases target price from 970p to 1110p maintaining a buy rating.Xcite Energy: Merchant Securities initiates with a target price of 167.8p and a buy recommendation.Xstrata: Exane takes target price from 1150p to 1050p and downgrades from outperform to neutral.