LONDON (ShareCast) - Aberdeen: UBS lowers target price from 465p to 450p and downgrades from buy to neutral.

ASOS: Societe Generale reduces target price from 5000p to 4450p, while leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.
BG Group: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1400p to 1300p and keeps a buy recommendation.

BP: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 550p to 500p and retains its hold recommendation.

BTG: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 760p to 790p, reiterating a buy recommendation. JP Morgan raises target price from 760p to 830p and maintains an overweight rating.

Cape: Investec upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 325p.

CRH: Numis lowers target price to 1300p with a hold recommendation.

Croda International: Liberum Capital increases target price from 2000p to 2450p and upgrades to hold.

Dairy Crest: Societe Generale ups target price from 410p to 470p and stays with its hold recommendation.

Dignity: Investec raises target price from 1660p to 1800p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Fenner: Citi cuts target price from 410p to 350p, retaining its buy recommendation.

Friends Life: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 330p to 335p, maintaining a hold recommendation.

Greene King: Goodbody initiates with a target price of 945p and a buy recommendation.

InterContinental Hotels Group: Numis raises target price from 2400p to 2600p and keeps its hold recommendation.

Land Securities: Exane ups target price from 1300p to 1330p and maintains an outperform rating. Morgan Stanley increases target price from 1280p to 1310p and retains an overweight rating.

Mears Group: Investec reduces target price from 520p to 450p and downgrades from buy to hold.

Mitchells & Butlers: Goodbody initiates with a target price of 390p and a hold recommendation.

Moneysupermarket: Canaccord ups target price from 215p to 236p and retains a buy recommendation. Westhouse moves target price from 223p to 230p and stays with its add rating. Investec shifts target price from 222p to 230p and retains a buy recommendation.

Morgan Advanced Materials: Citi lowers target price from 340p to 330p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Optos: Canaccord moves target price from 231p to 249p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Oxford Instruments: JP Morgan reduces target price from 1650p to 1350p and maintains an overweight rating. Berenberg reduces target price from 1720p to 1360p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Playtech: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 780p to 580p and downgrades from neutral to underperform.

Renishaw: UBS raises target price from 1750p to 2000p and reiterates a neutral rating.

Royal Dutch Shell: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 2850p to 2600p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Safestore: Investec ups target price from 243p to 266p and retains a buy recommendation.

Senior: JP Morgan initiates with a target price of 400p and an overweight rating.

Serco Group: Numis reduces target price from 295p to 185p and retains its reduce rating. UBS reduces target price from 320p to 215p and keeps a neutral rating.

Smith & Nephew: Berenberg raises target price from 920p to 990p and retains a hold recommendation.

Smith (WH): Canaccord raises target price from 1225p to 1360p and keeps a buy recommendation. Cantor Fitzgerald ups target price from 1100p to 1150p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Sportech: Investec lowers target price from 110p to 102p, while reiterating its buy recommendation.

Talk Talk Telecom: Nomura cuts target price from 300p to 275p and reiterates a neutral rating.

Taylor Wimpey: Credit Suisse moves target price from 127p to 136p and retains a neutral rating.

Tracsis: WH Ireland ups target price from 400p to 445p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Tullow Oil: Canaccord reduces target price from 650p to 450p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Victoria: Cantor Fitzgerald ups target price from 420p to 490p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Vodafone: JP Morgan shifts target price from 260p to 265p and retains an overweight rating. UBS shifts target price from 260p to 265p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Wetherspoon (JD): Goodbody initiates with a target price of 850p and a hold recommendation.

Workspace: PeelHunt raises target price from 670p to 770p and maintains a buy recommendation. Investec places its target price (prev.: 706p) under review, while keeping its buy recommendation.

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