FTSE 250 movers: Halfords accelerates after upgrade
31st May 2013 13:48
Car and bike parts retailer Halfords was the best performing stock on the FTSE 250 on Friday after UBS raised its recommendation for the stock by two notches from 'sell' to 'buy' and hiked its target price from 280p to 375p. "Halfords is a brand with high market share in its core markets, good res
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31st May 2013 07:30
AstraZeneca: Citi increases target price from 3000p to 3500p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged. Burberry: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 1300p to 1400p and leaves its equal-weight rating unchanged. Genel Energy: Credit Suisse shifts target price from 1236p to 1246p keeping an outpe
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24th May 2013 08:00
Aveva: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 2076p to to 2091p keeping a hold recommendation. Investec takes target price from 2450p to 2500p and retains its buy recommendation. Credit Suisse increases target price from 2013p to 2240p, while staying with its neutral rating. Barratt Developments: Lib
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
14th May 2013 08:04
Babcock International: Jefferies increases target price from 1080p to 1250p and maintains a buy recommendation. Barratt Developments: Bank of America takes target price from 265p to 325p, while downgrading to neutral. Belgravium Technologies: WH Ireland places both its target price and its neutral
Read moreMelrose director increases stake after positive update
9th May 2013 16:07
A round-up of the biggest director deals today so far Miles Templeman, Senior Non-Executive Director of Melrose Industries, the FTSE 100 industrial conglomerate, has added £152,400-worth of shares to his stake in the company one day after it reported revenue was one per cent ahead in the year-to-da
Read moreAFC Energy non-exec buys shares from major investor
29th Apr 2013 15:37
AFC Energy has announced that one of its Non-Executive Directors has purchased 9.51m ordinary shares in the company at 26p each. Eugene Shvidler bought the shares, worth a total of £2.47m, from Ervington Investments, which reduced its stake in the group to 24.1m, equivalent to 10.88% of AFC's issu
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
29th Apr 2013 08:17
Afren: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 130p to 136p and maintains a hold recommendation. AngloAmerican: Nomura upgrades from reduce to neutral with a target price of 1700p. Antofagasta: Nomura cuts target price from 1250p to 1200p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. Investec redu
Read morePersimmon Chairman adds 10,000 shares
24th Apr 2013 16:03
The Chairman of FTSE 250 house builder Persimmon has purchased 10,000 ordinary shares one week after the firm accelerated its planned dividend payment strategy. Nicholas Wrigley, who bought the shares at an average price of 1,069p for a total of £106,900, now holds 36,000 shares in the company.
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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
Read morePersimmon accelerates dividend after in-line start
18th Apr 2013 09:08
House builder Persimmon has reported a good first 15 weeks of the year in line with expectations and announced an acceleration of its planned dividend payment strategy. Ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday, where Chief Executive Mike Farley is scheduled to be officially succeeded
Read moreWednesday 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
Read moreSector movers: Housebuilders drop after construction PMI disappoints
4th Apr 2013 13:54
Housebuilding stocks were under pressure on Thursday a day after construction data from the UK came in below the mark. The CIPS/Markit construction purchasing managers' index (PMI), which measures overall output in the sector, rose to 47.2 in March, bouncing off a 40-month low of 46.8 the month bef
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4th Apr 2013 07:32
Aviva: Bank of America cuts target price from 350p to 335p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. Barratt Developments: Credit Suisse revises target price from 223p to 317p, while staying with its neutral rating. Bellway: Credit Suisse moves target price from 1202p to 1639p and leaves its ou
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21st Mar 2013 07:16
ASOS: Citigroup takes target price from 3000p to 4000p and keeps a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank moves target price from 2600p to 3000p, while maintaining a hold recommendation. Atkins: Liberum Capital ups target price from 880p to 1020p upgrading to buy. Barr (AG): Shore Capital downgrades to
Read moreLondon close: Markets subdued in Budget aftermath
20th Mar 2013 16:16
Markets on the whole gave a muted reaction to George Osborne's Budget Statement today, in which he warned that Britain would grow less and borrow more than originally estimated, while traders continued to digest developments elsewhere, including the Cypriot bailout and a meeting at the US Federal Re
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