LONDON (ShareCast) - Afren: UBS raises target price from 160p to 200p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 255p to 195p and keeps a sell recommendation.

Antofagasta: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 1260p to 1150p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Exane BNP moves target price from 1350p to 1400p and retains an outperform rating. HB Markets upgrades to buy. JP Morgan reduces target price from 1400p to 1365p keeping its overweight rating.

Avocet Mining: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 35p to 21p maintaining its neutral rating.

Balfour Beatty: HSBC reduces target price from 310p to 285p downgrading to neutral.

Barr AG: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 440p to 500p, while its hold recommendation is maintained.

Berendsen: HSBC increases target price from 630p to 745p, while its neutral rating is left unchanged.

British American Tabacco: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 3300p to 3700p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Nomura takes target price from 3985p to 4087p, while keeping a buy rating.

British Land: Jefferies lowers target price from 538p to 528p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Espirito Santo ups target price from 590p to 603p, while its neutral rating remains unchanged. Morgan Stanley shifts target price from 625p to 630p leaving its overweight rating unaltered. UBS lowers target price from 610p to 600p, while keeping a buy recommendation.

Capita: UBS ups target price from 900p to 925p, while downgrading from buy to hold.

Centamin: Westhouse Securites upgrades from neutral to buy with a target price of 65p.

Centrica: Nomura shifts target price from 335p to 350p retaining a neutral rating.

Close Brothers: JP Morgan increases target price from 997p to 1076p, while retaining an overweight rating. UBS moves target price from 930p to 1050p and keeps a neutral rating.

Cobham: Investec ups target price from 205p to 240p keeping a hold recommendation.

Computacenter: Credit Suisse revises target price from 493p to 580p and reiterates an outperform rating.

CVS Group: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 200p to 208p and leaves its hold recommendation unaltered. Investec moves target price from 163p to 201p, while downgrading from buy to add.

Drax Group: Exane BNP raises target price from 630p to 730p, while maintaining an outperform rating.

Essar Energy: Nomura upgrades from neutral to buy with an unchanged target price of 180p.

Highland Gold: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 160p to 130p and maintains its buy recommendation.

Howden Joinery: Liberum Capital raises target price from 220p to 255p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

HSBC Holdings: Goldman Sachs takes target price from 890p to 940p and reiterates a strong buy recommendation.

IG Group Holdings: Espirito Santo increases target price from 510p to 639p keeping a buy recommendation.

Imagination Technologies Group: Barclays moves target price from 650p to 700p, while its overweight rating is kept. Credit Suisse takes target price from 347p to 410p and stays with its underperform rating. Canaccord Genuity downgrades to hold with a target price of 570p.

Imperial Tabacco: Nomura shifts target price from 2450p to 2520p and maintains a reduce rating.

Inchcape: Exane BNP revises target price from 550p to 600p, while leaving its outperform rating unchanged.

Informa: Berenberg ups target price from 500p to 560p, but downgrades to hold.

Inmarsat: Morgan Stanley increases target price from 690p to 770p, while reiterating an equal-weight rating.

InterContinental Hotels Group: Liberum Capital takes target price from 1943p to 2214p and retains a buy recommendation.

Iomart Group: Canaccord Genuity upgrades to buy with a target price of 248p.

Jupiter Fund Management: Credit Suisse increases target price from 320p to 345p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.

Lavedon Group: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 178p to 199p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.

Nichols: Investec raises target price from 800p to 890p and retains a hold recommendation.

Novae Group: Westhouse Securities ups target price from 430p to 450p and stays with its neutral rating.

Petropavlovsk: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 480p to 440p, while retaining a buy recommendation.

Prudential: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 831p) and its hold recommendation under review.

Revolymer: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 110p to 93p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

Rightmove: Westhouse Securities increases target price from 1610p to 1677p reiterating a neutral rating.

Scapa Group: Numis downgrades to add with a target price of 80p.

SIG: Panmure Gordon shifts target price from 165p to 170p and retains a buy recommendation.

Smiths Group: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 1335p to 1380p and keeps its buy recommendation.

SOCO International: Barclays shifts target price from 375p to 385p, while maintaining an underweight rating.

Spectris: Jefferies raises target price from 2270p to 2675p keeping a buy recommendation.

St James's Place: UBS moves target price from 500p to 600p and retains a buy recommendation.

Taylor Wimpey: Liberum Capital ups target price from 82p to 95p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Thomas Cook Group: Numis increases target price from 70p to 90p, while leaving its hold recommendation unaltered.

William Hill: UBS takes target price from 360p to 425p retaining a neutral rating.

888 Holdings: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 125p to 155p reiterating a hold recommendation.

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