Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Mar 2013 07:15
Abcam: Investec raises target price from 466p to 484p and keeps a buy recommendation. Numis revises target price from 470p to 530p and maintains its buy ratng. Access Intelligence: Merchant Securities initiates with a target price of 7p and a buy recommendation. Amlin: Canaccord Genuity raises tar
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15th Feb 2013 07:58
Aberdeen Asset Management: UBS shifts target price from 440p to 470p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Credit Suisse takes target price from 410p to 470p staying with its outperform rating. Barclays revises target price from 470p to 490p, while its overweight rating remains unchanged. Jefferies m
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18th Jan 2013 07:53
Aberdeen Asset Management: UBS ups target price from 370p to 440p maintaining a buy rating. JP Morgan shifts target price from 479p to 498p and keeps an overweight rating. Numis raises target price from 400p to 430p, while its add rating remains unchanged. Afren: Nomura cuts target price from 185p
Read moreLondon pre-open: FTSE to fall on global economy fears
17th Jan 2013 07:32
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down six points from yesterday's close of 6,104, on concerns over the global economy. The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast for 2013 due to the difficult recovery that economies worldwide are currently undergoing despite the improvement in fi
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
17th Jan 2013 07:19
African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 335p to 305p, while its sell recommendation is unchanged. Anglo American: Exane cuts target price from 2000p to 1650p and downgrades from neutral to underperform. Antofagasta: Exane ups target price from 1400p to 1500p keeping an
Read moreRotork acquires explosion-proof device maker Schischek
17th Jan 2013 07:15
Valve engineering group Rotork has acquired the entire share capital of the operating companies of the Schischek group of companies, which design, manufacture and sell explosion-proof electric actuators. The acquisition will be made for €41m, which will be paid using cash reserves and committed ba
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10th Jan 2013 07:10
Afren: Morgan Stanley takes target price from 215p to 220p and reiterates an overweight rating. Alent: Bank of America starts with a target price of 370p and a buy recommendation. Associated British Foods: Goldman Sachs moves its target price from 1160p to 1190p and maintains a sell rating. AVEVA
Read moreCredit Suisse expects another good year for small and mid-caps
29th Dec 2012 17:34
2013 should be a good year for small and mid-capitalisation stocks following a strong 2012. That was the view put forth by analysts at Credit Suisse in a research note published on December 20th. Amongst the factors cited by their analysts were the strong historical track record (10% average re
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
20th Nov 2012 07:17
Beowulf Mining: Seymour Pierce initiates coverage with a buy recommendation and a target price of 18p. Berkeley Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 1616p to 1620p, overweight rating kept. Blinkx: Citigroup downgrades from buy to neutral. Compass Group: Investec raises target price from 740p
Read moreMonday broker round-up UPDATE
19th Nov 2012 07:34
Aquarius Platinum: Nomura raises target price from 35p to 95p and upgrades from neutral to buy. Associated British Foods; Societe Generale upgrades to buy from hold. Atkins: Jefferies reduces target price from 850p to 800p, buy recommendation reiterated. Aveva: Panmure Gordon reduces target price
Read moreSector movers: Melrose takes down engineering sector
16th Nov 2012 15:47
The industrial engineering sector was firmly in the red on Friday afternoon as a heavy fall from Melrose outweighed a good performance from peers IMI and Rotork. A red flag was raised this morning at industrial turnaround specialist Melrose, with the group saying some of its businesses have seen a
Read moreRotork revenues rise 9.9 per cent
16th Nov 2012 08:17
Valve engineering group Rotork has reported a strong period of order intake since the start of July, with the third quarter at record levels and 24.9 per cent higher than the prior year. Revenues were 9.9% up on the previous year, while cumulative revenue to October 28th was 17% ahead of the same
Read moreLondon midday: Markets look to Jackson Hole for boost
29th Aug 2012 11:37
- Greece agrees on budget plan - Spain a concern as Catalonia in need of aid - Markets look ahead to Jackson Hole meeting The Footsie remained firmly in the red in morning trade as concerns over the Eurozone and speculation about the upcoming Jackson Hole meeting in Wyoming continue to be the focus
Read moreLondon open: Glencore leads fallers early on
29th Aug 2012 08:25
- Spain a concern as Catalonia needs aid - Markets await Bernanke - Ex-div Glencore a heavy faller early on Ex-div stocks and miners were weighing heavily on the FTSE 100 index in early trading on Wednesday morning with worries about Spain weighing on sentiment. It was revealed yesterday that the
Read moreThursday broker round-up
16th Aug 2012 10:06
Aegis: UBS downgrades to neutral. Babcock: Espirito Santo downgrades to neutral. Balfour Beeatty: HB Markets downgrades to hold; Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold. BG Group: Morgan Stanley downgrades to equal weight. Capital Shopping Centres: Oriel Securities upgrades to hold. Carclo: N+1 Brewin
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