Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

21st May 2014 08:36

African Minerals: Citi reduces target price from 260p to 190p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. Alliance Pharma: Numis lowers target price from 39p to 37p and maintains an add rating. APR Energy: JP Morgan shifts target price from 1082p to 1089p keeping its overweight rating. Astra

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Monday broker round-up UPDATE

19th May 2014 07:55

Alent: Numis moves target price from 330p to 340p upgrading to add. AVEVA Group: Westhouse Securities initiates with a target price of 2260p and a buy recommendation. Bovis Homes Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 1039p to 1042p and stays with its buy recommendation. Brown (N) Group: J

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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

14th May 2014 09:34

African Minerals: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 335p to 324p maintaining a buy recommendation. Aveva: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 2199p. Aviva: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 540p to 585p and keeps a buy recommendation. boohoo.com: Investec ini

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Sunday share tips: Sainsbury's, Shire, Pennant International

4th May 2014 13:43

Sainsbury's is best placed to weather the supermarket price war but shareholder returns may be small, Danny Fortson wrote in the Sunday Times. In his Inside the City column, Fortson argued that Sainsbury's was positioned to cope with the squeeze on the big grocers by German value chains Aldi and Lid

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FTSE 250 movers: Redrow lifted by upgrade, Pace slides

2nd May 2014 15:24

Redrow climbed strongly after Citigroup upgraded the stock from 'neutral' to 'buy', and increased its target price from 340p to 350p. London-focused property group Capital & Counties (Capco), which owns assets in Covent Garden and is currently working on the 'urban re-imagination' of Earls Court,

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FTSE 250 movers: James Fisher higher on growth expectations

1st May 2014 15:10

James Fisher and Sons, which provides marine services to a range of industries, jumped after giving an upbeat outlook for 2014, saying it expects 'further growth'. Expectations for the full-year remain unchanged at Go-Ahead Group, prompting the transport group higher. The group said trading in the

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N Brown hits record profits and eyes 'more ambitious' future

1st May 2014 08:49

A strong early performance in the US helped online clothing retailer N Brown post a year of record profits, with new Chief Executive Angela Spindler confident of reaching double-digit sales growth in 2016. The FTSE 250 company, which specialises in plus-sized and middle-aged fashion, generated a pr

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London midday: Tech and airline stocks drag UK markets lower

11th Apr 2014 11:30

- Tech, internet stocks weigh on markets - Nasdaq sees sharpest fall since late 2011 - JPMorgan, Wells Fargo in focus this afternoon - Airlines sold off after Heathrow traffic stats techMARK 2,668.68 -1.87% FTSE 100 6,563.60 -1.18% FTSE 250 15,888.60 -1.61% UK stocks fell over one per cent on Frid

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London open: Tech stocks drag UK markets lower after Nasdaq sell-off

11th Apr 2014 08:35

- US, Asian weakness flows into UK stocks - Tech stocks hit hard in early trading - Supermarkets edge higher early on techMARK 2,679.00 -1.49% FTSE 100 6,594.42 -0.72% FTSE 250 15,946.60 -1.25% There were just a handful of risers on the FTSE 100 on Friday morning as stocks dropped sharply, trackin

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Broker tips: Prudential, G4S, N Brown, African Barrick Gold

12th Mar 2014 12:17

Broker Hargreaves Lansdown highlighted Prudential's upbeat prospects after "sparkling" annual results and said the City regarded it as a 'strong buy'. "Prudential's ability to capitalise on its financial strength and geographical diversity is self-evident and the market is equally buoyed by its pro

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UBS downgrades N Brown on competition concerns

12th Mar 2014 10:49

UBS has downgraded its rating for N Brown, the online and catalogue home shopping group, from 'neutral' to 'sell', raising concerns with competition from some well-known High Street names. The bank said that N Brown has to "continually improve the fashionability of its clothing offer to appeal to a

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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

12th Mar 2014 09:03

Ashtead Group: Citi raises target price from 850p to 1075p keeping a buy recommendation. Barratt Developments: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 527p to 502p and downgrades to neutral. British Land: Jefferies downgrades to hold with a target price of 707p. Brooks Macdonald Group: Canaccord

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Sunday share tips: Royal Mail, N Brown, Revolymer

19th Jan 2014 16:53

The public's conversion to online Christmas shopping is likely to have served Royal Mail well, the Sunday Times's Danny Fortson wrote. Fortson, in his Inside the City column, said sales growth at online fashion retailer Asos showed the potential size of the market for online shopping. Royal Mail pub

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London midday: Mining strength buoys FTSE after mixed retail updates

16th Jan 2014 11:30

- Retail updates come in mixed - Citi turns bullish on mining sector - Markets flat after recent highs techMARK 2,836.75 -0.14% FTSE 100 6,823.76 +0.06% FTSE 250 16,237.17 -0.34% UK markets paused for breath on Thursday morning after hitting their highest level in eight months the previous session

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

16th Jan 2014 08:59

Aberdeen Asset Management: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 586p to 540p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged. Anglo American: UBS ups target price from 1500p to 1580p upgrading from neutral to buy. Antofagasta: Investec reduces target price from 716p to 685p maintaining a sell

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