Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

7th Feb 2013 07:14

African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 415p to 410p, while its hold recommendation is maintained.Ashmore Group: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 315p to 399p and upgrades to buy.Atkins: JP Morgan takes target price from 859p to 893p and reiterates an overweight rating.Avon Rubber: Investec raises target price from 390p to 420p and downgrades from hold to sell.B.P. Marsh & Partners: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold and reiterates a target price of 130p.British American Tabacco: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 4340p to 4410p and retains a buy recommendation.Compass Group: Bank of America moves target price from 865p to 885p keeping a buy rating.Daily Mail and General Trust: Barclays increases target price from 560p to 675p maintaining an equal-weight rating. HB Markets initiates with a buy recommendation. Exane BNP raises target price from 500p to 620p and upgrades to neutral.Dairy Crest Group: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 410p to 430p and downgrades from buy to hold. Peel Hunt raises target price from 420p to 440p keeping its buy recommendation.easyJet: Nomura revises target price from 913p to 1020p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.Eurasian Natural Resources: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 560p to 562p keeping a buy recommendation.Experian: Barclays initiates with a target price of 1250p and an overweight rating.GlaxoSmithKline: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 1500p to 1525p staying with its buy recommendation.Hargreaves Lansdown: Barclays raises target price from 800p to 850p and keeps an overweight rating. Citigroup moves target price from 640p to 675p reiterating a sell recommendation.ICAP: Canaccord Genuity cuts to sell with a target price of 300p.Imperial Tabacco Group: Goldman Sachs cuts target price from 2470p to 2440p and maintains a neutral rating.Lamprell: Citigroup ups target price from 100p to 160p, while keeping a neutral rating.Man Group: Bank of America lowers target price from 200p to 168p retaining a buy recommendation.McBride: Investec raises target price from 141p to 150p and keeps a buy recommendation.Playtech: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 505p to 604p staying with its buy recommendation.Reed Elsevier: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 730p to 740p and reiterates a buy recommendation.RusPetro: Bank of America reduces target price from 285p to 136p, while maintaining its buy recommendation.Smith & Nephew: Investec moves target price from 730p to 755p and downgrades from buy to add.SuperGroup: Bank of America raises target price from 750p to 800p and stays with its buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 750p to 788p leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.TUI Travel: Bank of America takes price target from 335p to 355p, while its buy recommendation is unchanged.Virgin Media: Espirito Santo downgrades to neutral with a target price of 3150p. Barclays ups target price from 2500p to 3050p, while leaving its overweight rating unchanged. Citigroup raises target price from 2300p to 2950p and maintains a neutral rating. Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 3154p to 3162p, while downgrading to hold.