LONDON (ShareCast) - African Minerals: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 20p to 15p with a hold recommendation.
Aggreko: Exane initiates with a target price of 1500p and an underperform rating.

Amec: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 1035p to 908p staying with its sell recommendation.

Antofagasta: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 835p to 790p maintaining a hold recommendation. Nomura cuts target price from 720p to 700p, while upgrading to neutral.

Arrow Global: Numis raises target price from 287p to 326p upgrading to buy.

AstraZeneca: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 4000p to 4100p and stays with its hold recommendation. Panmure Gordon raises target price from 4400p to 4700p upgrading from hold to buy.

Avon Rubber: N+1 Singer ups target price from 720p to 750p and keeps its buy recommendation.

BAE Systems: Cantor Fitzgerald downgrades to hold with a target price of 460p.

BHP Billiton: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 2020p to 1950p and retains a hold recommendation.

BTG: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 655p to 745p keeping a buy recommendation.

Central Asia Metals: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 190p to 210p keeping a buy recommendation.

Cranswick: N+1 Singer reduces target price from 1291p to 1246p reiterating a hold recommendation.

Dixons Carphone: UBS initiates with a target price of 415p and a buy recommendation.

easyJet: JP Morgan reduces target price from 1909p to 1815p and keeps an overweight rating.

GlaxoSmithKline: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1450p to 1420p staying with a hold recommendation.

Gooch & Housego: Investec cuts target price from 740p to 720p downgrading to add.

Hummingbird Reources: Northland lowers target price from 98p to 94.2p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Hunting: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 802p to 763p downgrading to sell.

ITE Group: Westhouse Securities cuts target price from 216p to 193p, while upgrading from neutral to add.

John Wood Group: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 736p to 610p downgrading to sell.

Kazakhmys: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 260p to 280p maintaining a hold recommendation.

Management Consulting: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 28p to 22p downgrading from buy to a speculative buy recommendation. Peel Hunt lowers target price from 30p to 21p and downgrades from buy to hold.

Metminco: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 10p to 70p and keeps its speculative buy recommendation.

Next Fifteen Communications: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 145p to 151p retaining a buy recommendation. Investec s

Orsu Metals: Canaccord Genuity lowers target price from 4p to 3p and stays with its speculative buy recommendation.

Petroceltic: Westhouse Securities downgrades to neutral with a target price of 240p.

Petrofac: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 1223p to 1112p and keeps a hold recommendation.

Pure Wafer: WH Ireland cuts target price from 115p to 96p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

Rio Tinto: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 4165p to 4080p staying with its buy recommendation.

Robert Walters: Oriel upgrades from add to buy.

Sinclair IS Pharma: N+1 Singer lowers target price from 40p to 36p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Spirent: Investec cuts target price from 105p to 80p, while its hold recommendation is kept.

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