LONDON (ShareCast) - AZ Electronic Materials: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 440p to 450p and retains a buy recommendation.

Bovis Homes Group: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 667p to 679p, while downgrading to hold.

British American Tabacco: Investec places its target price (previously 3350p) and buy recommendation under review.

Croda International: Goldman Sachs raises target price from 3150p to 3200p still recommending strong buying.

Elementis: Goldman Sachs revises target price from 255p to 265p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged.

Eurasian Natural Resources: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 562p to 550p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Genel Energy: Investec reduces target price from 1104p to 1000p keeping its buy recommendation.

Gooch & Housego: N+1 Singer raises target price from 470p to 515p and upgrades to buy.

Hays: Jefferies takes target price from 105p to 115p and reiterates its buy recommendation.

Henderson Group: Morgan Stanley cuts target price from 160p to 154p, while retaining an equal-weight rating. UBS downgrades to neutral with a target price of 158p. Barclays lowers target price from 153p to 145p and reiterates an underweight rating. JP Morgan raises target price from 162p to 183p and maintains its neutral rating.

Hikma: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 825p to 930p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Interserve: JP Morgan increases target price from 466p to 532p reiterating an overweight rating.

Intu Properties: Jefferies lowers target price from 335p to 310p maintaining a hold recommendation. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 480p to 410p and keeps its buy rating.

ITV: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 90p to 100p, but still recommends selling. UBS raises target price from 90p to 115p and retains an equal-weight rating. Westhouse Securities increases target price from 133p to 141p and upgrades from add to buy. Investec shifts target price from 100p to 110p and upgrades from sell to hold. JP Morgan shifts target price from 120p to 126p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. Panmure Gordon ups target price from 140p to 180p leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.

LSL Property Services: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 287p to 337p and retains a buy recommendation.

Petrofac: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 2300p to 2100p, while leaving its overweight rating unchanged. Nomura downgrades target price from 1830p to 1740p reiterating a buy recommendation. Barclays cuts target price from 1900p to 1800p and reiterates an underweight rating.

Promethean: JP Morgan shifts target price from 20p to 22p and leaves its neutral rating unchanged.

Restaurant Group: Barclays takes target price from 400p to 460p, while staying with its overweight rating.

Segro: Jefferies moves target price from 228p to 238p and keeps a hold recommendation.

Severfield-Rowen: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 50p to 37p, while its sell recommendation is kept.

Shire: Nomura cuts target price from 2300p to 2160p and downgrades from buy to neutral.

Spirent Communications: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 180p to 156p downgrading from buy to hold. Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 192p to 191p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Standard Life: Credit Suisse shifts target price from 315p to 321p and keeps its underperform rating.

St. James's Place: Investec places its target price (previously 472p) and buy recommendation under review.

Synthomer: Goldman Sachs raises target price from 195p to 230p, while maintaining a neutral rating.

United Carpets: After having had its target price under review, Cantor Fitzgerald places it at 2.5p and retains a hold recommendation.

Victrex: Goldman Sachs increases target price from 1775p to 1850p reiterating a buy rating.

Vitec Group: Investec moves target price from 700p to 740p and retains a buy recommendation.

Weir Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 2500p to 2600p, while its overweight rating remains unchanged.

Whitbread: Nomura ups target price from 2650p to 2968p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.

Xchanging: Cantor Fitzgerald raises target price from 120p to 145p upgrading from hold to buy.

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