LONDON (ShareCast) - Aberdeen Asset Management: JP Morgan cuts target price from 544p to 529p, while its overweight rating remains unchanged. Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 586p to 540p and reiterates a buy recommendation. UBS lowers target price from 540p to 520p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Ashtead Group: JP Morgan increases target price from 817p to 913p and stays with its overweight rating.

Associated British Foods: Societe Generale raises target price from 2260p to 2600p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

AstraZeneca: UBS increases target price from 400p to 4150p and keeps its buy recommendation.

Aviva: Goldman Sachs takes target price from 230p to 260p and reiterates a neutral rating.

Bovis Homes Group: HSBC increases target price from 1065p to 1125p keeping an overweight rating.

Brain Juicer: Canaccord Genuity takes target price from 298p to 350p retaining its buy recommendation.

Croda International: UBS moves target price from 2500p to 2525p maintaining its neutral rating.

CSR: Liberum Capital raises target price from 580p to 700p, while downgrading to hold.

Diageo: JP Morgan reduces target price from 2050p to 1970p downgrading to neutral.

Dixons Retail: Investec lowers target price from 62p to 56p keeping its buy recommendation. UBS shapes target price from 60p to 58p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

Domino Printing: UBS increases target price from 720p to 840p reiterating a neutral rating.

Experian: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 905p to 858p retaining its sell recommendation.

F&C Asset Management: Canaccord Genuity cuts target price from 130p to 110p and downgrades from buy to hold.

First Group: Panmure Gordon ups target price from 120p to 140p and reiterates its hold recommendation.

Halfords Group: Citi shifts target price from 545p to 550p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Harvey Nash: Panmure Gordon moves target price from 126p to 135p retaining a buy recommendation.

Hays: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 170p and a buy recommendation.

Home Retail: Deutsche Bank shifts target price from 225p to 230p maintaining a buy recommendation. Societe Generale ups target price from 158p to 175p, while still recommending selling. Citi moves target price from 195p to 205p and retains a neutral rating. HSBC ups target price from 220p to 250p and reiterates its overweight rating. Nomura moves target price from 215p to 230p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Inchcape: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 675p to 750p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Informa: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 570p to 580p and leaves its neutral rating unaltered.

Intertek Group: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 3500p to 3200p downgrading to neutral.

Jupiter Fund Management: Espirito Santo raises target price from 429p to 465p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged.

Legal & General Group: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 205p to 215p and maintains a neutral rating.

Morrison (Wm: Societe Generale starts with a target price of 200p and a sell recommendation.

Michael Page: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 575p and a buy recommendation.

Optos: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 206p to 235p keeping a buy recommendation.

Petrofac: Nomura raises target price from 1300p to 1430p upgrading to buy.

Premier Oil: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 520p to 500p and retains a buy recommendation. Societe Generale reduces target price from 385p to 320p downgrading to hold. Liberum Capital ups target price from 300p to 320p and keeps a hold recommendation. UBS cuts target price from 400p to 350p retaining a buy recommendation.

Prudential: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 1500p to 1580p and keeps a strong buy recommendation.

Renew Holdings: WH Ireland takes target price from 190p to 235p and reiterates its buy recommendation.

Resolution: Goldman Sachs shifts target price from 335p to 340p and maintains a neutral rating.

Rio Tinto: JP Morgan raises target price from 4400p to 4500p leaving its overweight rating unchanged. UBS moves target price from 4040p to 4050p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Robert Walters: Liberum Capital starts with a target price of 415p and a buy recommendation.

Royal Bank of Scotland: Investec moves target price from 335p to 345p, while downgrading to sell.

Sainsbury: Societe Generale initiates with a target price of 370p and a hold recommendation.

Smith (DS): Berenberg starts with a target price of 400p and a buy recommendation.

Standard Life: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 320p to 335, but still keeps a sell recommendation.

SThree: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 475p and a buy recommendation.

St James's Place: Goldman Sachs increases target price from 770p to 810p and retains a buy recommendation. JP Morgan raises target price from 724p to 811p leaving its overweight rating unaltered.

Surgical Innovations: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 5p.

Synergy Health: Investec reduces target price from 1650p to 1400p leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.

Synthomer: UBS ups target price from 255p to 280p, while downgrading from buy to neutral.

Tesco: Societe Generale cuts target price from 290p to 270p keeping its sell recommendation.

Tribal Group: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 221p to 240p and stays with its buy recommendation. WH Ireland takes target price from 235p to 260p retaining a buy recommendation.

Tullow Oil: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 1445p to 1367p, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.

Unilever: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 2525p to 2280p retaining its hold recommendation.

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