RBC Capital upgrades Spire Healthcare to 'outperform'

RBC Capital Markets upgraded Spire Healthcare on Friday to ‘outperform’ from ‘sector perform’ and lifted the price target to 270p from 230p on "signs of market acceleration".

"After two years at sector perform, we upgrade our rating for Spire Healthcare to outperform based on read-across from Ramsay Health Care and Stryker," it said.

RBC said it was awaiting a "brief" trading commentary from the company on 11 May.

At 1330 BST, the shares were up 2% at 232.50p.