LONDON (ShareCast) - ASOS: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 3400p to 6200p and upgrades to buy.

Associated British Foods: Jefferies raises target price from 1650p to 1750p and retains a hold recommendation.

Barclays: Alphavalue upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 344.20p.

BHP Billiton: Nomura reduces target price from 2400p to 2200p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.

Booker Group: Investec shifts target price from 141p to 146p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Botswana Diamonds: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 5.50p to 7p and upgrades to buy.

British Sky Broadcasting Group: Barclays lowers target price from 915p to 914.40p and retains an equal-weight rating.

Compass Group: Credit Suisse cuts target price from 1070p to 985p, while its outperform rating is kept.

Daily Mail & General Trust: Barclays shifts target price from 790p to 785p and keeps its underweight rating.

Dixons Retail: Alphavalue lowers target price from 43.60p to 43.50p, while upgrading from sell to reduce.

Fenner: Credit Suisse revises target price from 390p to 490p and upgrades from neutral to outperform.

First Derivatives: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 750p to 900p reiterating a buy recommendation.

Glencore Xstrata: Exane raises target price from 345p to 410p and upgrades from neutral to outperform.

Informa: Barclays raises target price from 565p to 615p and maintains an overweight rating.

InterContinental Hotels Group: Societe Generale initiates with a target price of 2200p and a buy recommendation.

ITV: Barclays moves target price from 160p to 175p keeping its equal-weight rating.

Johnson Matthey: UBS takes target price from 2800p to 2910p, while downgrading from buy to neutral.

John Wood Group: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy with a target price of 974p.

Kofax: Jefferies increases target price from 380p to 450p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Legal & General Group: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 189p to 225p maintaining its buy recommendation.

Mediterranean Oil & Gas: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 22p to 20p staying with its buy recommendation.

Morrison (Wm): Nomura ups target price from 310p to 360p upgrading from neutral to buy.

New World Resources: JP Morgan moves target price from 38p to 50p keeping its underweight rating.

Next: UBS raises target price from 4880p to 5350p leaving its neutral rating unaltered.

Northgate: Numis increases target price from 400p to 466p and keeps an add rating.

Pearson: Barclays ups target price from 1330p to 1340p and leaves its equal-weight rating unaltered.

Redrow: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 241p to 258p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Citi takes target price from 255p to 265p staying with its buy recommendation.

Sainsbury: Nomura cuts target price from 380p to 350p, while maintaining a neutral rating.

Sinclair IS Pharma: Investec places its target price (prev.: 37p) under review and downgrades from buy to hold.

Smiths Group: Societe Generale ups target price from 1200p to 1235p, but still recommends selling.

Tate & Lyle: Numis cuts target price from 900p to 884p, while upgrading to add.

Tesco: Nomura reduces target price from 430p to 400p downgrading from buy to neutral.

Trinity Exploration & Production: Jefferies lowers target price from 180p to 175p keeping a buy recommendation.

Trinity Mirror: Barclays moves target price from 115p to 125p and stays with its equal-weight rating.

Whitbread: Societe Generale initiates with a target price of 2900p and a sell recommendation.

Wilmington Group: Westhouse Securities ups target price from 210p to 224p and keeps an add rating. Numis moves target price from 231p to 241p retaining a buy recommendation.

WPP Group: Barclays increases target price from 1380p to 1425p maintaining an overweight rating.

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