Friday broker round-up
16th Sep 2016 10:54
(ShareCast News) - Admiral Group: Berenberg reiterates hold with a target price of 1804p. Vodafone: Barclays reiterates overweight, 260p target. Next: HSBC keeps at hold with a 4485p target. Asos: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a 5400p target. Moneysupermarket: RBC stays at outperform with
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10th Aug 2016 10:11
(ShareCast News) - Ibstock: Jefferies reiterates buy with a target price of 190p. Legal & General: Barclays maintains equal-weight with a 194p target. Glencore: UBS reiterates buy with a 220p target. Booker: HSBC stays at neutral with a 200p target. Spire Healthcare: Berenberg reiterates buy with
Read moreBarclays names Ophir Energy 'top-pick', upgrades Premier Oil
21st Jun 2016 14:46
(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Barclays re-jigged their recommendations on European Exploration and Production companies in order to take into account the recent rise in crude oil prices and improved investor sentiment regarding companies´ ability to execute to plan operationally. In the process
Read moreFTSE quarterly review confirms raft of changes to 100 and 250 indices
2nd Jun 2016 08:00
(ShareCast News) - Hikma Pharmaceuticals' promotion to the FTSE 100 index was confirmed after the latest quarterly review was announced overnight, while demoted blue chip Inmarsat was joined in the FTSE 250 by three recently floated finance groups CYBG, CMC Markets and Metro Bank plus several others
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
3rd May 2016 15:50
(ShareCast News) - Tullow Oil: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy with a 274,30p target. RSA Insurance: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a 545p target. RBS: UBS reiterates neutral with a target price of 250p Barclays reiterates equal-weight with a target of 270p and Goldman Sachs stays at buy with 3
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Restaurant Group sinks as revenues lift Rotork
29th Apr 2016 14:51
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was down in afternoon trading on Friday, as investors picked their way through a raft of corporate earnings and as data showed the eurozone fell further into deflation in April. Valve maker Rotork was among the index leaders in afternoon trading, after it reported a 0
Read moreOphir Energy hits stumbling block at Fortuna
29th Apr 2016 08:57
(ShareCast News) - Ophir Energy hit a stumbling block on its road to final investment decision at the Fortuna floating liquefied natural gas project, offshore Equatorial Guinea, it reported Friday. The FTSE 250 company said that, since the 16 January heads of terms agreement with Schlumberger for up
Read moreThursday broker round-up
14th Apr 2016 14:09
(ShareCast News) - Metro Bank: Goldman Sachs reiterates neutral with a target price of 2080p. Burberry: Credit Suisse stays at underperform with a target price of 1050p. JD Sports: Investec keeps at buy with a target price of 1420p and Cantor Fitzgerald reiterates buy with a target of 1400p. Tesco
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Investors worried about Ocado Smart Platform partners
2nd Feb 2016 15:33
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 continued to slide on Tuesday, with the second tier market down 249.75 points (1.51%) to 16,239.51 points by mid-afternoon. Despite posting double-digit revenue growth for the year through "challenging market conditions", shares in Ocado Group were down over 8%. T
Read moreLiberum cuts targets on wide swathe of oil sector firms
2nd Feb 2016 12:33
(ShareCast News) - Analysts at Liberum cut their share price targets for a wide swathe of the London-listed oil sector after taking into account the sharp shift lower in futures prices over the last four months. Worries about demand conditions in China and Europe, together with the threat of growing
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
27th Jan 2016 17:31
(ShareCast News) - Aldermore Group: Investec reiterates buy recommendation and keeps target price at 325p. Saga: Numis stays at addwith 235p target and Canaccord Genuity upgrades to buy 240p target. Crest Nicholson: Jefferies keeps at buy and raises target from 719p to 740p. Ophir Energy: Credit S
Read moreOphir Energy says BP veteran William Schrader to be chairman
27th Jan 2016 10:49
(ShareCast News) - William Schrader will replace Nicholas Smith as chairman of oil and gas company Ophir Energy with effect from 30 April. Schrader has over 30 years' experience working at BP and joined the board of Ophir as a non-executive director in February 2013. Senior independent non-executiv
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: IMI downgrade sees market dip into red
25th Jan 2016 15:11
(ShareCast News) - The FTSE 250 was flip-flopping between the black and the red on Monday, with the second-tier market relatively flat by mid-afternoon, down just 9.12 points (0.06%) to 16,118.87. IMI took the biggest hit after Credit Suisse downgraded the engineer from 'neutral' to 'underperform' a
Read moreOphir Energy signs Fortuna contract with Schlumberger
25th Jan 2016 07:47
(ShareCast News) - Ophir Energy has signed a non-binding head of terms agreement with Schlumberger, which will receive a 40% interest in the company's Fortuna project in Equatorial Guinea. Under the definitive agreement, which is expected to be signed in the second quarter, Schlumberger will reimbur
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Petrofac, Acacia Mining, Virgin Money
22nd Jan 2016 14:24
(ShareCast News) - A second day of large gains saw West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures clock in with their biggest two-day advance since August 2015. According to Blacrock's chief, institutionals began wading into financial markets as far back as last Wednesday. Dovish remarks from the ECB's M
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