Monday broker round-up

1st Oct 2012 08:58

Barclays: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy, target lifted from 210p to 245p.British American Tobacco: Investec upgrades to buy.Capital & Counties: Seymour Pierce downgrades from buy to add, 233p target kept.Charles Stanley: Peel Hunt downgrades to hold.Electrocomponents: Panmure Gordon downgrades to sell, target cut from 200p to 175p.HSBC: Liberum Capital ups target from 600p to 660p, buy rating kept.JD Wetherspoon: Panmure Gordon increases target from 515p to 520p, buy rating kept.Lloyds: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy, target lifted from 36p to 45p.Petropavlovsk: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy.RBS: Liberum Capital upgrades to buy, target lifted from 270p to 290p.Sinclair IS Pharma: Jefferies lifts target from 45p to 48p, buy rating kept.Spectris: Credit Suisse hikes tagged from 1,825p to 2,075p, outperform rating kept.Sportingbet: Panmure Gordon keeps buy recommendation and 61p target.Standard Chartered: Liberum Capital raises target from 1,550p to 1,725p, buy rating kept.Tesco: Seymour Pierce downgrades from hold to reduce, 295p target kept.Weir: Credit Suisse downgrades from outperform to neutral, target cut from 1,850p to 1,700p.BC