Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

18th Jun 2014 09:03

Ashtead Group: Barclays ups target price from 930p to 946p retaining its overweight rating.Berkeley Group: Numis upgrades from hold to buy with a target price of 2491p.Brown (N) Group: Oriel places its buy recommendation under review.BT Group: Jefferies ups target price from 440p to 470p and keeps a buy recommendation.Circassia Pharmaceuticals: Oriel initiates with a target price of 320p and an add rating.Consort Medical: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 1044p to 1045p and stays with its buy recommendation.Daily Mail & General Trust: Investec places its target price (prev.:Ñ 1052p) under review, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Faroe Petroleum: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 195p to 180p and keeps a buy recommendation.Gemfields: FinnCap places its target price and recommendation under review. Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 40p to 620p and moves from a buy recommendation to a speculative buy. Investec places both its target price (prev.: 42.5p) and its buy recommendation under review. JP Morgan moves target price from 37p to 47p keeping a neutral rating.Genel Energy: Oriel downgrades from buy to reduce with a target price of 900p.Mitchells & Butlers: Citi ups target price from 500p to 520p and retains a buy recommendation.Oxford Instruments: Investec ups target price from 1500p to 1550p upgrading from add to buy.Rame Energy: Northland Capital starts with a target price of 31p and a buy recommendation.Randall & Quilter: Numis downgrades from buy to add with a target price of 165p.Royal Mail Group: Jefferies initiates with a target price of 420p and maintains an underperform rating.Smiths Group: Berenberg cuts target price from 1485p to 1405p retaining its buy recommendation.Sound Oil: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 8.7p to 14p and retains its add rating.St. Ives: Numis shifts target price from 252p to 259p and maintains a buy recommendation.Stobart: Oriel initiates with a target price of 180p and a buy recommendation.TLA Worldwide: Numis shifts target price from 45p to 52p upgrading from add to buy.Whitbread: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 4400p to 4600p and retains an equal-weight rating.Xaar: UBS reduces target price from 950p to 550p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged. Investec reduces target price from 960p to 560p downgrading from buy to hold.