LONDON (ShareCast) - Aberdeen: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 540p to 560pp retaining a buy recommendation.
African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 270p to 280p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Investec lowers target price from 260p to 258p, while upgrading to buy.

African Minerals: Investec reduces target price from 154p to 20p downgrading to sell.

Amlin: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 435p to 430p and keeps a hold recommendation.

Anglo American: Investec reduces target price from 1760p to 1573p, while upgrading from hold to buy. Barclays raises target price from 1430p to 1550p keeping an equal-weight rating.

Antofagasta: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 820p to 830p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Investec lowers target price from 720p to 717p, while upgrading to hold.

Aquarius Platinum: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 30p to 280p maintaining its buy recommendatiom.

Associated British Foods: Credit Suisse upgrades to outperform with a target price of 3000p.

Avocet Mining: Investec lowers target price from 8p to 7p and retains a hold recommendation.

BAE Systems: Westhouse Securities moves target price from 360p to 370p, while leaving its sell recommendation unchanged.

Balfour Beatty: Westhouse Securities places its target price (prev.: 183p) under review, while maintaining a sell recommendation. Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 270p to 243p and retains a buy recommendation. RBC Capital cuts target price from 220p to 200p and keeps a neutral rating.

Beazley: Canaccord Genuity downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 270p.

Begbies Traynor: Canaccord Genuity downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 54p.

BG Group: Credit Suisse ups target price from 1115p to 1150p and stays with its underperform rating.

BHP Billiton: Barclays reduces target price from 2450p to 2100p retaining an overweight rating. Investec reduces target price from 2205p to 1740p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Bodycote: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 770p to 800p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Brit: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 260p to 250p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Catlin Group: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 560p to 555p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Centamin: Canaccord Genuity upgrades from hold to a speculative buy recommendation staying with its target price of 74p. Investec lowers target price from 70p to 69p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Churchill China: Sanlam initiates with a target price of 588p and a buy recommendation.

Compass Group: Societe Generale cuts target price from 1100p to 1070p keeping a hold recommendation. RBC Capital ups target price from 980p to 1000p and maintains a neutral rating.

Consort Medical: Numis places both its target price and its buy recommendation under review. N+1 Singer places its buy recommendation under review with a target price of 1100p.

Dairy Crest: Numis moves its target price to 430p keeping a hold recommendation.

EKF Diagnostics: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 48p to 37p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Euromoney: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 1190p to 1150p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Ferrexpo: UBS cuts target price from 140p to 100p downgrading from neutral to sell. Barclays reduces target price from 210p to 140p and keeps an equal-weight rating.

Fresnillo: Barclays ups target price from 720p to 800p and stays with its equal-weight rating.

Gem Diamonds: Barclays ups target price from 200p to 260p and keeps an overweight rating.

Gemfields: Investec shifts target price from 56p to 57p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Glencore: Deutsche lowers target price from 430p to 414p and maintains a buy recommendation. Barclays ups target price from 375p to 420p staying with its overweight rating. Investec shifts target price from 380p to 384p upgrading to buy.

Goals Soccer: Sanlam initiates with a target price of 263p and a buy recommendation.

Hellermann Tyton: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 370p to 380p and retains a buy recommendation.

Hill & Smith: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 600p to 630p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Hiscox: Canccord Genuity lowers target price from 710p to 690p and stays with its hold recommendation.

Hochschild Mining: Barclays ups target price from 146p to 163p reiterating an equal-weight rating.

IMI: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 1800p to 1640p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.

Iofina: Numis places both its target price and its recommendation under review.

Jardine Lloyd Thompson: Westhouse Securities reduces target price from 1170p to 1110p maintaining an add rating.

Kazakhmys: Barclays ups target price from 220p to 255p and maintains an equal-weight rating.

Kirkland Lake Gold: Investec ups target price from 282p to 309p upgrading to buy.

Laird: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 670p to 635p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Learning Technologies Group: Numis initiates with a target price of 22p and a buy recommendation.

London Mining: Barclays downgrades to underweight. Investec reduces target price from 52p to 10p and downgrades to sell.

Lonmin: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 350p to 340p and keeps a buy recommendation. Investec reduces target price from 248p to 149p downgrading to sell.

Melrose: Numis upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 290p. Investec shifts target price from 330p to 332p retaining a buy recommendation. Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 400p to 350p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Mountfield Group: WH Ireland lowers target price from 4p to 3.5p retaining a buy recommendation.

Nostra Terra Oil & Gas: Northland Capital lowers target price from 0.56p to 0.46p keeping a buy recommendation.

Novae Group: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 645p to 630p, while leaving its buy recommendation under review.

Old Mutual: Goldman Sachs lowers target price from 222p to 213p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Optos: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 235p to 170p and downgrades to sell.

Petra Diamonds: Investec shifts target price from 245p to 250p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Polymetal: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 530p to 550p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Barclays reduces target price from 540p to 460p and keeps an underweight rating.

Polyus Gold: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 197p to 202p and keeps a hold recommendation. Barclays moves target price from 150p to 160p and reiterates an underweight rating.

Randgold Resources: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 4640p to 4690p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Barclays reduces target price from 5000p to 4900p and keeps an overweight rating. Investec reduces target price from 5016p to 4888p, while upgrading to buy.

Rio Tinto: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 4680p to 4640p keeping a buy recommendation. Barclays reduces target price from 3600p to 3350p staying with its overweight rating. Investec reduces target price from 3552p to 3082p and maintains a hold recommendation.

Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec places its target price (prev.: 355p) under review, while leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.

Servelec Group: Investec ups target price from 310p to 355p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Severfield-Rowen: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 60p to 80p upgrading to buy.

Spectris: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 2400p to 2330p retaining a hold recommendation.

TT Electronics: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 255p to 200p downgrading to hold.

Ultra Electronics: Espirito Santo ups target price from 2000p to 2050p upgrading to buy.

Vedanta Resources: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 1200p to 1215p keeping a buy recommendation. Barclays raises target price from 750p to 840p, while leaving its underweight rating unchanged.

Weir Group: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 3000p to 2725p and downgrades to hold.

Zanaga Iron Ore: Investec lowers target price from 20p to 9p and downgrades to sell.

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