Thursday broker round-up

1st Nov 2012 09:19

Antofagasta: UBS ups target from 1,080p to 1,100p, sell rating kept.Avocet Mining: Numis downgrades to add, target cut from 130p to 90p; Westhouse Securities downgrades to sell, 1,434p target kept.Bank of Georgia: Seymour Pierce reiterates buy rating and 1,600p target.Barratt Developments: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral, target lifted from 200p to 235p.BG Group: Jefferies cuts target from 1,800p to 1,700p, buy rating kept; UBS cuts target from 1,620p to 1,440p, buy rating unchanged; Societe Generale downgrades to hold, target cut from 1,650p to 1,300p.British Sky Broadcasting: Investec keeps hold rating and 800p target; Numis upgrades to buy, 865p target kept; Jefferies keeps hold rating and 700p target.BT Group: Jefferies maintains buy rating and 260p target; Nomura keeps buy rating and 260p target.Cable & Wireless Communications: UBS ups target from 30p to 35p, neutral rating kept.Circle Oil: Investec keeps buy rating and 80p target.Continental Coal: Investec reduces target from 12p to 10p, buy rating kept.Cookson: Investec puts 600p target under review, buy rating unchanged.Debenhams: UBS ups target from 100p to 125p, neutral rating kept; Oriel Securities upgrades to buy, target lifted from 125p to 150p.Dixons: Seymour Pierce raises target from 24p to 26p, buy rating kept.Domino's Pizza: Goldman Sahcs upgrades to buy, target lifted from 680p to 800p.Eros International: Investec keeps buy rating and 300p target.Hunting: Investec keeps buy rating and 950p target.Kier Group: Investec keeps buy rating and 1,500p target.Lloyds Banking Group: Investec keeps sell rating and 36p target; Nomura keeps reduce rating and 35p target.Marks & Spencer: UBS lifts target from 385p to 430p, buy rating kept. Mondi: UBS raises target from 660p to 670p, neutral rating unchanged; Credit Suisse downgrades to neutral, 780p target kept.Morrison: Seymour Pierce downgrades from hold to reduce, target cut from 300p to 250p.New Britain Palm Oil: Shore Capital downgrades to sell.Next: Societe Generale upgrades to hold, target upped from 3,313p to 3,544p.Restaurant Group: Nomura keeps buy rating and 380p target.Royal Dutch Shell: Investec upgrades from sell to hold, target lifted from 1,875p to 1,936p.