Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

9th Oct 2013 07:57

Air Partner: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 555p and a buy recommendation.Alent: Credit Suisse moves target price from 420p to 430p and keeps an outperform rating.AZ Electronic Materials: Credit Suisse revises target price from 350p to 330p, while staying with its neutral rating.Barclays: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 370p to 325p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.Barratt Developments: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy with a target price of 371p.Bellway: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 1383p to 1396p and upgrades from hold to buy.Bovis Homes Group: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy with a target price of 668p.British Sky Broadcasting: Investec downgrades from hold to reduce with a target price of 825p.Chemring Group: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a target price of 270p.Close Brothers Group: Berenberg increases target price from 1150p to 1330p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.Compass Group: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 1000p to 967p staying with its buy recommendation.Crest Nicholson Holdings: Goldman Sachs initiates with a buy recommendation.Domino Printing Sciences: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a target price of 670p.Halfords Group: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 300p to 330p, but still recommends selling.Halma: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 540p.Hellermann Tyton Group: JP Morgan shifts target price from 285p to 295p reiterating an overweight rating.Hutchison China Meditech: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 600p to 725p and retains a buy recommendation.IMI: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight with a target price of 1320p.InterContinental Hotels Group: Nomura reduces target price from 2066p to 1880p, while maintaining its neutral rating.Kentz Corporation: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy with a target price of 610p.Morgan Advanced Materials: Barclays downgrades to equal-weight.Optos: Investec ups target price from 124p to 141p and keeps a reduce rating.Petroceltic: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 278p to 218p and reiterates a buy recommendation.QinetiQ: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a target price of 190p.Synthomer: Bank of America ups target price from 220p to 250p and retains a neutral rating.Thorntons: Investec moves target price from 112p to 124p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Vedanta Resources: Morgan Stanley downgrades to underweight with a target price of 1140p.Wolseley: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 3400p to 3551p maintaining a buy recommendation.