- Bank of America : Societe Generale adjusts pt to $50 from $41.50, maintains buy rating
- BHP Group: Morgan Stanley upgraded from Overweight to Overweight, targeting GBP 2360.
- Burberry: HSBC upgraded from Buy to Hold with a target of GBP 2350.
- CentralNic: Berenberg starts to follow the stock with a Buy rating, targeting 180 GBp.
- Dotdigital: Berenberg starts tracking as Buy, targeting 290 GBp.
- Glencore: Morgan Stanley upgraded to Overweight from Overweight, targeting GBP 334.
- Goldman Sachs : Societe Generale adjusts pt to $480 from $390, maintains buy rating
- Hunting: J.P. Morgan upgraded from neutral to overweight, targeting GBP 290.
- Huntington Bancshares Incorporated : Raymond James upgrades stock to strong buy from outperform; price target is $18
- IMI: HSBC upgraded from hold to buy targeting GBp 2065.
- Inchcape: Jefferies remains Buy with a price target raised from GBP 890 to GBP 910.
- Parker-Hannifin : KeyBanc upgrades stock to overweight from sector weight; price target is $350
- Plug Power : Canaccord Genuity cuts to hold from buy, price target to $31 from $69
- Polar Capital: Panmure Gordon upgrades to buy, targeting GBp 929.
- Rio Tinto: Morgan Stanley retains his Neutral opinion on the stock. The target price has been lifted and is now set at GBp 6600 compared to GBp 5770 before.
- Royal Dutch Shell: Societe Generale upgraded from Hold to Buy with a target of GBp 1702.
- RPM International : JPMorgan downgrades stock to underweight from neutral; price target is $90
- Morgan Stanley : Societe Generale adjusts pt to $115 from $100, maintains buy rating
- Microsoft : Wedbush lifts price target to $325 from $310 on good prospect for Azure deal, outperform rating kept
- SharpSpring : Lake Street downgrades to hold from buy, adjusts pt to $17.10 from $20
- Smith & Nephew: Jefferies remains Buy with a price target raised from GBp 1700 to GBp 1800.
- Spirent Communications: Berenberg starts tracking at buy with a GBp 310 target.
- VP Plc: Berenberg initiates a buy recommendation, targeting GBp 1,310.