BUZZ-UK's Travis Perkins hits one-yr high as J.P. Morgan double upgrades to 'overweight' ** Shares of British construction materials firm Travis Perkins TPK.L rise as much as 2.29% to 940 pence, highest level since May 2023 ** J.P. Morgan double upgrades stock to "overweight" from "underweight", hikes PT to 1100 pence from 610 pence ** Sees tailwinds for TPK from UK's new Labour government's housing policies; also sees strategic measures, including an exit on French Toolstation business, as mean

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Adidas, Antofagasta, Buzzi July 22 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies including Adidas, Antofagasta and Buzzi, on Monday. HIGHLIGHTS * Adidas ADSGN.DE : HSBC raises target price to EUR 300 from EUR 240 * Antofagasta ANTO.L : Peel Hunt raises to reduce from sell * Barry Callebaut AG BARN.S : Citigroup raises to buy from neutral * Buzzi BZU.MI : JP Morgan cuts to underweight from neutral * Solvay SOLB.BR : U

UPDATE 2-European shares rise on real estate boost, Kongsberg shines For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window Kongsberg logs best day in over four years on strong Q2 results UK's Travis Perkins rises on CEO appointment STOXX 600 up 0.9% Updated at 1615 GMT By Shubham Batra and Shristi Achar A July 10 (Reuters) - E uropean shares advanced on Wednesday amid broad-based gains and upbeat corporate updates while investors digested more

UPDATE 1-British stocks finish higher on precious miners boost For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window FTSE 100 up 0.7%, FTSE 250 rises 1.4% Precious metal miners lead broader gains Barratt Developments falls after forecasting fall in homebuild targets Updated at 1550 GMT By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap July 10 (Reuters) - London stocks closed higher on Wednesday thanks to a boost from precious metal miners, while hawkish com

BUZZ-UK's Travis Perkins rises on CEO appointment ** Travis Perkins TPK.L up 2.4% at 820p ** British construction materials firm appoints Pete Redfern as new CEO ** Refern succeedes Nick Roberts who will step down on Sept 16 ** TPK shares fell about 3% YTD Reporting by Yamini Kalia in Bengaluru