LONDON (ShareCast) - AMEC: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 1215p and a hold recommendation.

Aquarius Platinum: Barclays shifts target price from 44p to 45p and maintains an equal-weight rating.

AZ Electronic Materials: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 350p to 315p and reiterates its hold recommendation. Liberum Capital reduces target price from 400p to 360p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. Credit Suisse cuts target price from 330p to 290p downgrading from neutral to underperform. Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 389p to 354p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.

Cape: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 300p and a buy recommendation.

Chime Communications: Investec places its target price (prev.: 335p) under review, while keeping its buy recommendation. Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 330p to 349p and maintains its hold recommendation.

Debenhams: Citi ups target price from 95p to 105p and maintains a neutral rating. Barclays lowers target price from 100p to 97p reiterating an equal-weight rating. Societe Generale shifts target price from 120p to 116p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Genus: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 1500p to 1210p downgrading from hold to sell.

GKN: Cantor Fitzgerald moves target price from 420p to 430p retaining a buy recommendation.

Great Portland Estates: Deutsche Bank lowers target price from 470p to 460p downgrading to sell.

G4S: HSBC takes target price from 205p to 250p upgrading to neutral.

Home Retail Group: HSBC raises target price from 205p to 220p and maintains an overweight rating.

Hunting: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 975p and a buy recommendation.

John Wood Group: Canaccord Genuity starts with a target price of 850p and a hold recommendation.

Kazakhmys: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 240p to 243p, but still recommends selling.

Kentz Corporation: Canaccord Genuity starts with a target price of 600p and a buy recommendation.

Kingfisher: Alphavalue shifts target price from 399p to 401.20p, upgrading from reduce to add.

Michael Page International: Jefferies moves target price from 515p to 580p and stays with its buy recommendation.

MITIE Group: HSBC ups target price from 260p to 275p, while downgrading to underweight.

Petra Diamonds: Canaccord Genuity moves target price from 158p to 163p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Petrofac: Canaccord Genuity initiates with a target price of 1600p and a buy recommendation.

Polymetal International: Citi lowers target price from 631p to 615p, while upgrading to neutral.

Shire: Jefferies raises target price from 2900p to 3100p and keeps a buy recommendation. Alphavalue ups target price from 2375.10p to 2383.40p, while downgrading from reduce to sell. Deutsche Bank increases target price from 2660p to 3350p retaining a buy recommendation. JP Morgan raises target price from 3000p to 3200p and stays with its overweight rating. Credit Suisse ups target price from 2600p to 2750p and keeps a neutral rating.

Spirent Communications: Citi cuts target price from 150p to 135p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged. JP Morgan reduces target price from 140p to 125p and retains a neutral rating.

Spirit Pub Company: Nomura increases target price from 42p to 75p and upgrades from reduce to neutral.

Standard Chartered: JP Morgan cuts target price from 1800p to 1750p staying with its neutral rating.

SThree: Jefferies takes target price from 350p to 450p upgrading to buy.

St James's Place: JP Morgan ups target price from 662p to 724p and maintains an overweight rating.

Tate & Lyle: Panmure Gordon upgrades from sell to hold with a target price of 750p.

Thomas Cook Group: Alphavalue increases target price from 124.10p to 158.60p and upgrades from sell to add.

UBM: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 745p to 725p keeping a hold recommendation.

Unilever: Barclays reduces target price from 2900p to 2800p and retains an overweight rating.

Vesuvius: Investec ups target price from 450p to 480p reiterating a hold recommendation.

WPP Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 1520p to 1617p and keeps an overweight rating. Nomura takes target price from 1300p to 1450p maintaining a buy recommendation. Investec revises target price from 1325p to 1469p and reiterates a buy recommendation. Barclays ups target price from 1425p to 1450p and stays with its overweight rating.

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