Wednesday broker round-up - UDPATE

10th Oct 2012 08:22

African Barrick Gold: Nomura cuts target from 670p to 605p, buy rating kept.APR Energy: JPMorgan Cazenove initiates coverage with overweight rating and 1,005p target.ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse initiates coverage at neutral. ASOS: Seymour Pierce keeps hold rating and 1,900p target.Avanti Communications: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 600p target.Capita: Panmure Gordon downgrades from sell to hold, 620p target kept.Centamin: Nomura raises target from 130p to 145p, buy rating kept.Croda: UBS ups target from 2,325p to 2,350p, neutral rating kept.Darty: Nomura cuts target from 62p to 60p, neutral rating kept.easyJet: UBS ups target from 650p to 680p, buy rating kept.Ferrexpo: Seymour Pierce keeps buy rating.FirstGroup: Investec cuts target from 250p to 180p, hold rating kept.Hays: Credit Suisse keeps neutral rating and 85p target.Home Retail: Panmure Gordon keeps sell rating and 51p target.Imagination: Credit Suisse starts at neutral.Informa: Investec keeps hold rating and 410p target.Jardine Lloyd Thompson: Citigroup ups target from 800p to 810p, neutral rating kept.Michael Page: Credit Suisse keeps underperform rating and 335p target.MITIE: UBS ups target from 310p to 325p, buy rating kept.Mood Media: Panmure Gordon maintains buy rating and 330p target.Morrisons: Jefferies cuts target from 350p to 330p, buy rating kept.N Brown: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold, 285p target kept.National Grid: Citigroup raises target from 640p to 680p, neutral rating kept.Ophir Energy: Investec maintains hold rating and 667p target.Petropavlovsk: Nomura raises target from 735p to 760p, buy rating kept.Polymetal: Nomura raises target from 1,340p to 1,425p, buy rating kept.Randgold Resources: Nomura raises target from 6,815p to 7,400p, reduce rating kept.Rio Tinto: Jefferies maintains buy rating and 4,000p target.Sage: Jefferies keeps hold rating and 320p target.Smith & Nephew: Societe Generale initiates with sell rating.SuperGroup: Seymour Pierce raises target from 650p to 750p, buy rating kept; Peel Hunt upgrades to hold.Thorntons: Investec keeps hold rating and 30p target.Travis Perkins: Jefferies maintains hold rating and 1,120p target.UBM: Investec raises target from 694p to 750p, buy rating kept.Vertu Motors: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 50p target.WANdisco: Panmure Gordon upgrades from hold to buy, target lifted from 359p to 459p.BC