Friday broker round-up

The Restaurant Group: Berenberg downgrades to Sell with a target price of 300p.

Barclays: Exane BNP Paribas upgrades to Outperform with a target price of 290p. RBS: Exane BNP Paribas upgrades to Neutral with a target price of 265p. Provident Financial: RBC upgrades to Outperform with a target price of 3200p. Gem Diamonds: RBC downgrades to Underperform with a target price of 80p. Unilever: Barclays upgrades to Overweight with a target price of4360p. Soco International: Barclays upgrades to Equal Weight with a target price of 155p. James Fisher: Jefferies reiterates Hold with a target price of 1650p. Next: Deutsche Bank reiterates Hold with a target price of 4750p. SSE: HSBC downgrades to Hold with a target price of 1620p. Spirent Communications: Liberum upgrades to Buy with a target price of 134p.