Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: Investec cuts target price from 195p to 120p and reiterates its hold recommendation.

Amerisur Resources: Investec lowers target price from 75p to 65p and maintains a buy recommendation.

Antofagasta: UBS upgrades from sell to neutral with a target price of 710p.

ARM Holdings: Credit Suisse reduces target price from 1100p to 1000p reiterating an outperform rating.

ASOS: Goldman Sachs reduces target price from 4300p to 3000p and keeps a buy recommendation.

AVEVA: Jefferies upgrades from hold to buy with a target price of 1760p.

Bank of Georgia: Numis upgrades from hold to buy with a target price of 2708p.

Bellway: UBS ups target price from 1870p to 1910p keeping a buy recommendation.

Bunzl: Investec upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 1685p.

bwin.party: PeelHunt places its target price (prev.: 110p) under review, while keeping a hold recommendation.

Cairn Energy: Investec ups target price from 245p to 260p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Circle Oil: Investec lowers target price from 70p to 60p maintaining a buy recommendation.

Consort Medical: PeelHunt reduces target price from 1187p to 916p staying with its buy recommendation.

Diageo: Numis reduces target price from 1900p to 1800p retaining its hold recommendation.

e2v technologies: Investec lowers target price from 225p to 220p, while staying with its buy recommendation.

Faroe Petroleum: Investec cuts target price from 145p to 115p retaining a hold recommendation.

GAME Digital: Canaccord Genuity shifts target price from 300p to 308p and leaves its buy recommendation unchanged. Liberum Capital raises target price from 265p to 350p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Genel Energy: Investec reduces target price from 1060p to 900p, while its hold recommendation is kept.

GKN: Exane cuts target price from 360p to 340p, while upgrading to outperform.

Henderson Group: JP Morgan cuts target price from 245p to 222p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.

IMI: Exane reduces target price from 1200p to 1100p and reiterates an underperform rating.

Ithaca Energy: Investec cuts target price from 175p to 140p staying with its buy recommendation.

Lekoil: Investec initiates with a target price of 90p and a buy recommendation.

Mears Group: Investec upgrades from add to buy with a target price of 520p.

Ophir Energy: Investec cuts target price from 250p to 215p leaving its hold recommendation unchanged.

Polymetal: RBC Capital ups target price from 600p to 625p retaining an outperform rating.

Premier Oil: Investec initiates with a target price of 350p and a buy recommendation.

Restaurant Group: Numis upgrades from add to buy.

Rolls-Royce: Berenberg reduces target price from 1216p to 1160p retaining a buy recommendation.

Rotork: Exane reduces target price from 2575p to 2300p and maintains an underperform rating.

SABMiller: JP Morgan raises target price from 3470p to 3600p and maintains an overweight rating.

Shire: Panmure Gordon reduces target price from 5300p to 4200p, while upgrading to buy.

Smiths Group: Exane reduces target price from 1255p to 1160p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.

SOCO International: Investec initiates with a target price of 350p and a hold recommendation.

Spectris: Exane reduces target price from 2070p to 1740p and stays with its neutral rating.

Spirax-Sarco Engineering: Exane reduces target price from 2600p to 2450p and stays with its underperform rating.

Trinity Exploration: Investec reduces target price from 215p to 145p staying with its buy recommendation.

Tullow Oil: Investec reduces target price from 800p to 545p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

Vesuvius: Exane reduces target price from 510p to 440p retaining a neutral rating.

Weir Group: Exane reduces target price from 2950p to 2400p keeping an outperform rating.

Wentworth Resources: Investec moves target price from 65p to 75p keeping a buy recommendation.

Whitbread: Numis upgrades from hold to add with a target price of 4500p.