LONDON (ShareCast) - Admiral Group: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 1050p to 1215p, but reiterates its sell recommendation.

BAE Systems: Investec moves target price from 325p to 375p retaining a hold recommendation.

Balfour Beatty: Numis lowers target price from 330p to 300p and downgrades to add.

BHP Billiton: Goldman Sachs downgrades to neutral from buy. Espirito Santo initiates with a target price of 1703p and a sell recommendation.

Bioquell: Investec shifts target price from 130p to 136p and maintains a hold recommendation.

Brammer: Investec revises target price from 390p to 450p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.

Cairn Energy: Investec cuts target price from 340p to 310p and downgrades from buy to hold.

Carnival: Numis reduces target price from 2750p to 3000p downgrading to add.

Centaur Media: Westhouse Securities upgrades from neutral to add with a target price of 53p.

Domino Printing Sciences: Numis downgrades to hold with a target price of 675p.

Eurasian Natural Resources: Societe Generale cuts target price from 385p to 325p keeping a hold recommendation.

Fresnillo: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1705p to 1300p and downgrades to sell.

Greggs: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 380p to 485p and downgrades to hold.

Hays: Investec ups target price from 94p to 106p keeping an add rating.

Helius Energy: Numis shifts target price from 17p to 20p reiterating a buy recommendation.

Home Retail Group: Exane BNP takes target price from 115p to 140p, while reiterating an underperform rating.

HSBC Holdings: Shore Capital upgrades to buy.

Kazakhmys: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price to 570p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Mears Group: Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 400p to 440p and retains its buy recommendation.

Northgate: Jefferies ups target price from 310p to 355p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Optimal Payments: Canaccord Genuity revises target price from 140p to 200p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.

Pennant International: WH Ireland increases target price from 59p to 90p and retains its buy recommendation.

Perform Group: Morgan Stanley moves target price from 430p to 590p, while leaving its overweight rating unchanged. Credit Suisse raises target price from 435p to 570p and maintains an outperform rating.

Planet Payments:Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 200p to 250p and retains a buy recommendation.

QinetiQ Group: Investec revises target price from 180p to 195p and leaves its hold recommendation unchanged.

Regus: Credit Suisse increases target price from 155p to 190p and reiterates an outperform rating.

Resolution: JP Morgan takes target price from 227p to 257p, while retaining an underweight rating.

Rio Tinto: Goldman Sachs downgrades to conviction sell from neutral.

Rolls-Royce Group: Investec ups target price from 1080p to 1125p, while reiterating an add rating.

Rotork: Investec raises target price from 2510p to 2700p, but downgrades from hold to sell.

Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec shifts target price from 290p to 300p and upgrades from sell to hold.

Smiths Group: Investec takes target price from 1290p to 1430p staying with its buy recommendation.

Synthomer: Numis ups target price from 239p to 260p and upgrades to buy.

Telit Communications: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 92p to 117p and maintains its buy recommendation.

Vesuvius: Investec ups target price from 360p to 400p keeping its hold recommendation.

Vodafone: Jefferies raises target price from 155p to 174p maintaining a hold recommendation.

Weir Group: Investec moves target price from 2340p to 2400p, while staying with its hold recommendation. Berenberg Bank raises target price from 2380p to 2552p, but downgrades from buy to hold.

Xaar: Investec increases target price from 350p to 430p retaining a buy recommendation.

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