Thursday broker round-up

Tullow Oil: JP Morgan Cazenove upgrades to overweight, cuts target price to 310.00p.

Soco International: UBS downgrades to sell, keeps target price at 150.00p.

Synthomer: Berenberg Bank starts new coverage with a buy, sets target price at 400.00p.

Weir Group: Investec Securities downgrades to sell, lowers target price to 1120.00p.

Laird: Investec Securities upgrades to hold, raises target price to 405.00p.

IMI: Investec Securities upgrades to buy, bumps up target price to 1130.00p.

Firstgroup: UBS upgrades to neutral, lowers target price to 108.00p.

Spectris: Investec Securities downgrades to hold, bumps down target price to 1810.00p.

Vesuvius: Investec Securities downgrades to sell, cuts target price to 330.00p.

Standard Chartered: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy. Target price: 910.00p.

Cable & Wireless Communication: RBC Capital Markets starts new coverage with an outperform, sets target price at 76.00p.

Virgin Money Holdings (uk): Shore Capital starts new coverage with a hold.

Poundland Group: JP Morgan Cazenove restarts coverage with an overweight, sets target price at 350.00p.

Just Retirement Group: RBC Capital Markets upgrades to outperform, bumps up target price to 200.00p.

Sports Direct International: Nomura downgrades to sector perform, cuts target price to 850.00p.

Informa: Deustche upgrades to buy, raises target price to 680.00p.

Shaftesbury: HSBC upgrades to hold, bumps up target price to 902.00p.

Fidessa Group: UBS upgrades to buy, reduces target price to 2030.00p.

Hammerson: HSBC upgrades to buy, lowers target price to 677.00p.

Sabmiller: Shore Capital downgrades hold. UBS reiterates to neutral and keeps target price to 3750p.