Apr 13 - A round-up of notable broker activity this
morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts:
** Barclays raises French shopping centre operator Klepierre
LOIM.PA to "overweight" from "underweight" as it sees the
sector as a relatively resilient asset class despite a difficult
consumer environment
** HSBC sees material additional surplus capital potential
for Persimmon PSN.L and upgrades the British realtor to
"overweight" from "underweight"
INITIATIONS AND REINSTATEMENTS
** J.P.Morgan initiates the Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica
ESLX.PA with "overweight", saying the French company is well
positioned to continue to grow ahead of the sector and seeing
the current trading levels as attractive
(*Analyst rankings from Thomson Reuters StarMine. The scale is
from 1-star to 5-star with 5 being the best. Analysts are ranked
on earnings accuracy as well as relative performance of
recommendations over trailing 12-month & 24-month periods.)
(Reporting by Ozan Ergenay and Boleslaw Lasocki)
((ozan.ergenay@thomsonreuters.com))
((boleslaw.lasocki@thomsonreuters.com))