Friday broker round-up UPDATE

19th Apr 2013 08:47

African Barrick Gold: JP Morgan cuts target price from 290p to 200p, while leaving its underweight rating rating unchanged. Fox Davies reduces target price from 353p to 315p and maintains a hold rating. Westhouse Securities lowers target price from 195p to 180p retaining a neutral rating. Belvoir L

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Mediterranean Oil & Gas makes progress in Malta

12th Apr 2013 08:37

Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG) on Friday said it made "significant progress" with preparation for its fourth quarter drilling programme in Malta. The firm competed the sale of 75% of its interest in Phoenicia Energy Company to Genel Energy, signed a deal for the drilling of the Hagar Qim 1 well and

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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

10th Apr 2013 08:57

African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities upgrades from sell to neutral with a target price of 195p. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 340p to 230p keeping its hold rating. African Minerals: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 620p to 594p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered. An

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Genel Energy makes 'significant' oil discovery in Iraq

10th Apr 2013 08:18

Oil and gas company Genel has announced a 'significant' oil discovery at the first of five exploration wells it plans to drill this year in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The company said the Chia Surkh 10 well was drilled to a depth of 1,696 metres in the Oligo-Miocene section, and, in tests exten

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Thursday tips round-up: Genel, Rio Tinto, J.Sainsbury

21st Mar 2013 07:27

Iron ore miners, particularly Rio Tinto, are about to get hit by a large rise in supply, with the three biggest planning to add 200m tonnes of capacity by 2015, which is not far below Rio's annual output today. Hence, while demand is not falling off a cliff and Chinese steel mills have cleared exces

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Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

12th Mar 2013 07:19

Abcam:Investec shifts target price from 484p to 487p and keeps a buy recommendation. Admiral Group: UBS ups target price from 1200p to 1275p and reiterates a neutral rating. Amlin: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 440p to 455p, but downgrades from add to neutral. Anite: Numis reduce

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Friday broker round-up UPDATE

1st Mar 2013 07:17

Ashtead Group: Citigroup increases target price from 487p to 590p and keeps a buy recommendation. Atkins: JP Morgan raises target price from 893p 920p, reiterating an overweight rating. Berendsen: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 582p to 760p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Cant

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Friday newspaper round-up: Chinese manufacturing, Sequester, WIlliam Hill...

1st Mar 2013 06:50

China's manufacturing sector grew more slowly in February, according to a survey that suggests the country's recovery could be slackening. The official purchasing managers' index dipped to 50.1 from 50.4 in January, data on Friday showed. It was the fifth consecutive month above the midpoint of 50,

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

28th Feb 2013 07:19

AZ Electronic Materials: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 440p to 450p and retains a buy recommendation. Bovis Homes Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 667p to 679p, while downgrading to hold. British American Tabacco: Investec places its target price (previously 3350p) and buy rec

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Mediterranean Oil & Gas signs well agreement for operations in offshore Malta

18th Feb 2013 09:43

Mediterranean Oil & Gas has signed a service order with AGR Well Management for the provision of drilling engineering and rig support for its Hagar Qim 1 well offshore Malta. The oil company expects to spud the well in the fourth quarter of this year after it sources a rig for the operation. "We

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

31st Jan 2013 07:07

Aberdeen Asset Management: Bank of America ups target price from 400p to 425p maintaining a neutral rating. Afren: JP Morgan lowers target price from 210p to 195p and downgrades to neutral. Amino Technologies: Northland Capital raises target price from 85p to 90p keeping a buy recommendation. Ant

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