** Shares of technical products & service distributor Diploma DPLM.L rise as much as 3.93% to 5470 p, among top gainers on London's FTSE 100 .FTSE
** Brokerage firm RBC upgrades rating to "Outperform" from "Underperform"
** RBC upgrades PT to 6,000 p from 4,500 p
** Brokerage says it expects DPLM to beat organic revenue growth forecasts and expects EPS upgrades of 20% by 2028
** 10 of the 14 analysts covering the stock have a "buy" or higher rating, 3 has "hold" while 1 rates it at "sell" ; median PT is 5,800 p - data compiled by LSEG
** Up to Thursday's close, stock had risen 23.07% so far this year
(Reporting by Simone Lobo in Bengaluru)
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