CANADA RESEARCH SUMMARY: Sept 12 1415 GMT
Following is a summary of research actions on Canadian companies reported by Reuters on Friday. Stock entries are in alphabetical order. See bottom of table for Sector/Index target changes. --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ STOCK RESEARCH BY ACTION Arc Energy Trust UBS Raises to buy from neutral (AET_u.TO) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ BCE Inc Genuity Raises to buy from hold (BCE.TO) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Coastal Contacts Octagon Raises to buy from hold (COA.TO) --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Ember Resources BMO Cuts price target to C$4.25 from (EBR.TO) C$5.63; rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Empire Co Ltd BMO Cuts to underperform from market (EMPa.TO) [ID:nWNA3716] perform; price target to C$42
from C$43 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Eveready Income Fund Paradigm Cuts price target to C$4 from C$4.50; EIS_u.TO [ID:nWNA3722] rating hold --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Falcon Oil and Gas BMO Starts with outperform rating; price (FO.V) target of C$1.35 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Harry Winston UBS Cuts price target to C$33.50 from Diamond (HW.TO) C$37; keeps buy rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Lululemon Athletica BMO Raises to outperform from (LLL.TO) (LULU.O) market perform
Goldman Sachs Cuts price target to $21 from $27;
rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Manulife Financial BMO Raises price target to C$43 from C$41; (MFC.TO) [ID:nWNA3717] rating outperform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Maple Leaf Foods Scotia Capital Cuts to sector underperform from (MFI.TO) [ID:nWNAS0939] sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Niko Resources Genuity Raises to buy from hold; keeps price (NKO.TO) target of C$130 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ North West Company RBC Cuts price target to C$19 from C$21; Fund (NWF_u.TO) rating sector perform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ProEx Energy Scotia Capital Cuts price target to C$23 from C$26; PXE.TO keeps sector perform rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Questerre Energy Dundee Starts with buy rating; price target (QEC.TO) of C$8.25 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Transcontinental RBC Cuts price target to C$18 from C$20; (TCLa.TO) Rating sector perform
BMO Cuts price target to C$18 from C$20; [ID:nWNA3719] rating market perform
Credit Suisse Cuts price target to C$18 from C$22; [ID:nWNAS0961] rating neutral --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Viterra Scotia Capital Raises to sector perform from (VT.TO) [ID:nWNAS0939] sector underperform --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Xceed Mortgage BMO Raises to market perform from (XMC.TO) [ID:nWNA3715] underperform; price target to
C$1.75 from C$1.25 --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 20-20 Technologies Blackmont Cuts price target to C$4.50 from C$6; (TWT.TO) keeps hold rating --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ SECTOR/INDEX TARGET CHANGES: S&P/TSX Composite BMO Cuts year-end target to 15,000; Index .GSPTSE Cuts 2008 operating earnings forecast [ID:nBNG355693] by $45 to $890; cuts 2009 operating
earnings forecast by $55 to $945, as
part of Canadian portfolio strategy --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ((Compiled by Neha Singh; Bangalore Equities Newsdesk +91 80 4135 5800; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780))
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