KBC Peel Hunt has maintained its 'buy' recommendation on buy-to-let mortgage specialist Paragon, saying its loans are performing better than the market in general.

JP Morgan has maintained its 'neutral' stance on the Russia-focused oil producer Imperial Energy, saying that there is limited upside despite a recent offer for the company.

KBC Peel Hunt has maintained its 'add' recommendation on Tullow Oil and lifted its estimates on the oil explorer and producer following the company's impressive interim results this morning.

KBC Peel Hunt has maintained its 'add' recommendation on Tullow Oil and lifted its estimates on the oil explorer and producer following the company's impressive interim results this morning.

The risks at Cairn Energy are clear. Cairn has been a beneficiary of the high oil price and its small, producing fields are already in decline (gross production fell by 11,000 barrels a day to 80,873) in the first half.

Taylor Wimpey shares were a hot item Tuesday on the back of a report in Building magazine which said the beleaguered housebuilder had been given breathing space by its bankers.

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Electricity stocks and pharmaceutical groups are doing well as investors flock to safer investments in an otherwise declining market.

Real Estate giant Liberty International led the blue chips Tuesday morning after Credit Suisse upgraded the company to 'neutral' from 'underperform'.

Aggreko remains a 'hold' at KBC Peel Hunt, with earnings estimates lifted after the temporary power supplier's interim results came in just ahead of expectations.

KBC Peel Hunt has raised its rating on Domino's Pizza to 'buy' from 'hold', saying the pizza delivery company is doing too well to be blown off course by a period of weaker demand.

KBC Peel Hunt has raised its rating on Domino's Pizza to 'buy' from 'hold', saying the pizza delivery company is doing too well to be blown off course by a period of weaker demand.

Like its bigger rival, BAE Systems, aerospace and defence firm Cobham has piggy-backed on the strength of US military spending and has successfully refocused its operations by selling lower-quality assets, leaving the group with four main divisions.It concentrates on a number of high-value specialist markets, including making missiles for aircraft, vehicle intercoms, avionics and surveillance systems and mid-air refuelling equipment. In the first six months of the year it added to its capabilities with five acquisitions for $1.1bn - more have since followed - that have expanded the range of activities in the booming markets of intelligence and national security. Hold, says the Sunday Telegraph.

Directors at broadband phone company Coms lifted their stakes in the company yesterday after a one for 100 consolidation in the company's shares.

With the oil price coming back a little amid concerns that the recent partial rally has been overdone, transportation stocks are higher but oil stocks have eased.

KPC Peel Hunt has kept its 'buy' rating on Dragon Oil, despite lowering its estimates on the company after its financial performance failed to meet expectations.

KBC Peel Hunt has reiterated its 'buy' rating and 475p target price on the social housing maintenance specialist Connaught.