Wednesday broker round-up

18th Jul 2012 09:21

Ashmore: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy.Ashtead: Jefferies reiterates buy rating and 320p target.Booker: Investec maintains buy rating and 98p target.British Land: BarCap downgrades to equal weight.Capital Shopping Centres: BarCap upgrades to overweight.Chariot Oil & Gas: Merchant Securities keeps buy rating and 232p target.CSR: UBS downgrades from buy to neutral, 310p target unchanged; Natixis upgrades to neutral, target lifted from 200p to 290p.Dunelm: Investec reiterates hold rating and 555p target.Hammerson: BarCap downgrades to equal weight.Homeserve: UBS cuts target from 220p to 170p, neutral rating kept.Inchcape: Investec ups target from 460p to 500p, buy rating kept.Land Securities: BarCap downgrades to equal weight.Metric Property: Jefferies maintains hold rating and 98p target.Optos: Jefferies cuts target from 295p to 270p, buy rating kept; Canaccord Genuity keeps buy recommendation and 306p target.Rio Tinto: UBS cuts target from 4,800p to ,4750p, buy rating kept.Sage: Investec keeps hold rating and 243p target; Merchant Securities downgrades to hold, target cut from 300p to 280p.Schroders: Goldman Sachs upgrades to conviction buy.Severn Trent: Investec cuts target from 1,664p to 1,627p, hold rating kept.Shaftesbury: BarCap upgrades to overweight.St James's Place: Investec maintains buy rating and 412p target.Telecity: Investec keeps hold rating and 750p target.Telecom Plus: finnCap downgrades from buy to hold, target raised from 775p to 820p.BC