The phrase "an overweight recommendation" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a context where you are discussing a recommendation that is excessively strong or burdensome, but it is not a common expression.
Example: "The committee issued an overweight recommendation that the project be approved without further review, which raised concerns among the members."
Alternatives: "an excessive recommendation" or "a burdensome recommendation".
The bank put an overweight recommendation on the department store group, with a 100p target.
BHP Billiton was 31p better at £13.33 and Rio Tinto - helped by an overweight recommendation from JP Morgan and Citigroup raising its price target - rose 27p to 2749.5p.
They upgraded Europe's media sector to an "overweight" recommendation from "underweight" saying "it has underperformed all other cyclicals since the market trough".
Autonomy added 29p to £18.00 and Micro Focus International rose 19.2p to 385.2p as Barclays put an overweight recommendation on both businesses.
Helping Icap - whose chief executive is former Tory Treasurer Michael Spencer - was an overweight recommendation from Morgan Stanley, with a target price of 575p.
Rolls-Royce rose 30p to £11.74 after winning a £22m rig contract with Samsung Heavy Industries and an overweight recommendation from JP Morgan Cazenove, although the bank has cut its target price from £15.60 to £14.60.
Mobile group Vodafone rose 4.85p to 129.65p after Morgan Stanley repeated its overweight recommendation and 175p a share price target.
After the overweight recommendation from HSBC yesterday, RBS today published a positive research note, in which it estimated that UK banks, apart from Lloyds Banking Group, will profit this year.
JP Morgan Cazenove also helped by repeating its overweight recommendation on TalkTalk.
We reiterate our overweight recommendation on the stock, and view this as further evidence that Betfair can become the market leader in European sports betting.
Analysts at its joint broker Barclays started coverage of the company again after the talks collapsed, saying: We reinstate both our overweight recommendation and 320p price target on Tui Travel.
