Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

7th Aug 2014 09:42

Afren: Oriel cuts target price from 145p to 125p, while upgrading from hold to buy. Canaccord Genuity moves from hold to a speculative buy with a target price of 120p.Aggreko: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 1300p to 1350p, while leaving its underweight rating unaltered.Clinigen: N+1 Singer initiates with a target price of 439p and a buy recommendation.Cobham: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 310p) and its reduce rating under review.easyJet: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 1330p.Ferrexpo: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 220p to 180p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 307p to 312p and stays with its buy recommendation.Gemfields: Investec lowers target price from 57.3p to 55.6p maintaining a buy recommendation.Hargreaves Lansdown: Numis cuts target price from 1263p to 1220p, while upgrading from hold to buy.Henderson Group: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 235p to 140p and maintains a hold recommendation.Informa: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 570p to 554p keeping an add rating.InterContinental Hotels Group: Credit Suisse increases target price from 1900p to 1980p, while retaining an underperform rating.International Personal Finance: Berenberg cuts target price from 565p to 525p retaining a hold recommendation.Ithaca Energy: Investec starts with a target price of 175p and a buy recommendation.Randgold Resources: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 4603p) and its hold recommendation under review.Rio Tinto: Investec places its target price (prev.: 3220p), while leaving its hold recommendation.Rotala: Numis boosts target price to 62p and reiterates an add rating.Savills: Numis upgrades to buy with a target price of 761p.Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Investec places its target price (prev.: 2920p) under review, while keeping its buy recommendation.Standard Chartered: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 1160p to 1190p and leaves its hold recommendation unchanged. UBS moves target price from 1300p to 1315p keeping a buy recommendation.Victrex: Berenberg initiates with a target price of 1950p and a buy recommendation.Whitbread: Credit Suisse raises target price from 4650p to 5000p retaining an outperform rating.