Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

6th May 2014 08:44

Antofagasta: RBC Capital upgrades to buy with a target price of 900p.Barclays: Numis downgrades from add to hold with a target price of 280p.BG Group: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 1500p to 1530p and retains a strong buy recommendation.Britvic: Numis raises target price to 684p and keeps a hold recommendation.Croda International: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 2850p to 2700p downgrading to hold.Direct Line Group: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 300p to 290p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.Hansard Global: Panmure Gordon cuts target price from 130p to 105p and downgrades from buy to hold.InterContinental Hotels Group: raises target price from 2250p to 2365p staying with its buy recommendation.Lancashire Holdings: Berenberg reduces target price from 786p to 720p maintaining a hold recommendation.Lloyds Banking Group: Nomura upgrades to buy with a target price of 89p.Magnolia Petroleum: Northland Capital places its target price under review while keeping its buy recommendation.Mytrah Energy: Investec shifts target price from 160p to 165p and retains a buy recommendation.Rentokil Intial: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 125p to 120p maintaining a neutral rating.Rio Tinto: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 4640p to 4690p and stays with its buy recommendation.Royal Bank of Scotland: Societe Generale moves target price from 340p to 350p and retains a hold recommendation. Citi ups target price from 270p to 300p, while staying with its sell recommendation.Royal Dutch Shell: Credit Suisse raises target price from 2450p to 2550p and keeps an outperform rating.RPC Group: JP Morgan ups target price from 675p to 690p reiterating an overweight rating.Serco Group: Cantor Fitzgerald cuts target price from 365p to 300p and retains its sell recommendation. Liberum Capital ups target price from 320p to 350p and reiterates a hold recommendation.Vedanta Resources: RBC Capital raises target price from 950 to 1000p and stays with its neutral rating.3i Group: Citi increases target price from 366p to 410p and retains its buy recommendation.