ANALYST RECOMMENDATIONS : Mosaic, Inspire Medical, London Stock Exchange, ResMed, Whitbread...

Each morning, find a selection of analysts' recommendations covering North America and the UK. The list only includes companies that have been the subject of a change of opinion or price target, or a new coverage. It may be updated during the session. This information can be used to shed light on the movements of certain stocks or the market sentiment on a company.

• SLM Corp: Compass Point Research & Trading raised its recommendation to buy from neutral. PT up 31% to $18.
• Mosaic : Barclays upgrades to equal-weight from underweight. PT up 16% to $54.
• Inspire Medical: Mizuho Securities initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT up 21% to $300.
• National Instruments: Jefferies downgrades to hold from buy. PT up 3.3% to $60.
• London Stock Exchange: Deutsche Bank is keeping its Neutral rating. The target price has been raised to GBp 8000 from GBp 7700.
• ResMed: Mizuho Securities initiated coverage with a recommendation of buy. PT up 13% to $255.
• Hecla Mining Co: Roth MKM cut its recommendation to neutral from buy. PT down 9.8% to $6.25.
• Whitbread: Peel Hunt upgrades to buy from add. PT up 33% to 4,000 pence.