Thursday broker round-up

Date: Thursday 31 May 2012

Aviva: Nomura cuts target from 600p to 540p, buy rating unchanged.

Babcock: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold, target left at 940p.

BG Group: Jefferies reiterates buy stance and 2,000p target.

BHP Billiton: Credit Suisse maintains outperform rating and 2,460p target.

BT Group: Nomura keeps buy rating and 295p target.

Capita: Panmure Gordon upgrades from sell to hold, target lifted from 560p to 600p.

Fiderweb: Peel Hunt initiates coverage with buy rating and 80p target.

Fuller Smith & Turner: Peel Hunt keeps buy rating and 790p target; Panmure Gordon keeps hold rating and 735p target.

G4S: Panmure Gordon reiterates buy rating and 330p target.

Halfords: Peel Hunt downgrades from hold to sell, target cut from 320p to 240p; Panmure Gordon cuts target from 375p to 315p, keeps buy rating.

Home Retail: Panmure Gordon cuts target from 60p to 51p, sell rating unchanged.

Kingfisher: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 350p target.

Logica: Peel Hunt downgrades from buy to hold, target raised from 95p to 105p; Merchant Securities give hold rating, puts 80p target under review; Panmure Gordon raises target from 86p to 105p, buy rating unchanged.

Premier Oil: UBS upgrades from neutral to buy, target reduced from 430p to 410p.

Prudential: Nomura reiterates reduce rating and 740p target; Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 960p target.

Royal Bank of Scotland: AlphaValue upgrades from add to buy, target cut from 24.9p to 24.7p.

SABMiller: Nomura keeps neutral stance and 2,600p target.

Serco: Pnamure Gordon raises target from 600p to 630p, buy rating unchanged.

Tate & Lyle: Jefferies keeps hold recommendation and 690p target; Panmure Gordon keeps hold recommendation and 690p target.

Thomas Cook: Peel Hunt retains sell recommendation and 10p target; Panmure Gordon keeps sell rating and 10p target.

Xchanging: Panmure Gordon downgrades from hold to sell, target cut from 90p to 75p.

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