Tuesday broker round-up - UPDATE

16th Oct 2012 08:14

Amara Mining: Seymour Pierce keeps buy rating.ASOS: Morgan Stanley initiates coverage with overweight rating and 3,000p target.Bellway: Panmure Gordon raises target from 954p to 957p, hold rating kept; Jefferies keeps hold rating and 1,004p target.British American Tobacco: Nomura keeps buy rating and 3,506p target.BT Group: Nomura keeps buy rating and 260p target.Carpetright: Seymour Pierce keeps sell rating and 500p target; Panmure Gordon keeps sell rating and 400p target.COLT Telecom: JPMorgan Cazenove upgrades to neutral, target lifted from 112p to 120p.Cookson: Barclays Capital downgrades to equal weight, target cut from 700p to 580p.Derwent London: Exane BNP Paribas upgrades to neutral, target lifted from 1,950p to 2,040p.Dixons Retail: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 28p target.Edge Resources: Merchant Securities maintains buy rating and 38p target.GKN: Jefferies maintains buy rating and 275p target.Great Portland Estates: Exane BNP Paribas upgrades to neutral, target lifted from 420p to 460p.Hargreaves Lansdown: Credit Suisse downgrades from neutral to underperform, target cut from 655p to 480p.Imperial Tobacco: Nomura keeps reduce rating and 2,166p target.Informa: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 525p target; Investec maintains hold rating and 410p target.International Consolidated Airlines: Liberum Capital downgrades to sell.Micro Focus: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 620p target.N Brown: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 280p target; Seymour Pierce maintains hold rating and 250p target; Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating and 285p target.Ophir Energy: Deutsche Bank downgrades to sell, target cut from 565p to 505p.SDL: Panmure Gordon upgrades from hold to buy, target cut from 667p to 599p.Shaftesbury: Exane BNP Paribas downgrades to underperform, target cut from 540p to 520p.Spirit Pub: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 67p target.Sportingbet: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold, 61p target kept.Standard Life: Panmure Gordon raises target from 295p to 325p, buy rating kept.Vodafone: Nomura keeps neutral rating and 195p target.Weir: Exane BNP Paribas initiates coverage with outperform rating and 2,200p target.BC