UPDATE 3-Douglas upbeat on Europe's premium beauty market despite luxury slowdown Adds comments from conference call in paragraph 2, 4, 8, cosmetics makers' results in paragraph 3 By Eva Orsolya Papp and Andrey Sychev GDANSK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Douglas DOU1.DE is betting on the European premium beauty market to keep growing despite a wider luxury market slowdown , the German perfume and cosmetics retailer said after it posted higher quarterly core earnings on Wednesday.

EUROPE RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Barclays, Ibstock, London Stock Exchange Aug 8 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several European companies, including Barclays, Ibstock and London Stock Exchange, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * Barclays BARC.L : HSBC raises target price to 310p from 290p * Ibstock IBST.L : Berenberg raises target price to 200p from 150p * London Stock Exchange LSEG.L : HSBC raises target price to 9,400p from 8,800p * Persimmon PSN.L : JP Morgan raises

UPDATE 2-Europe's STOXX 600 jumps 1% on banks-led recovery; Novo Nordisk slumps For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window Novo Nordisk logs steepest decline since Aug 2022 Puma slumps after narrowing FY profit outlook Continental up after Q2 results beat Just Eat Takeaway top STOXX 600 gainer after rating upgrade Roche considering divesting $1.9 bln cancer data startup- FT STOXX 600 up 1.5% Updated at 1550 GMT By Ankika Biswas and

BRIEF-Beiersdorf CEO Says He Would Be Disappointed If Lower End Of Guidance Is Reached Aug 7 (Reuters) - BEIERSDORF AG BEIG.DE : BEIERSDORF CFO ON CALL - WHERE IN GUIDANCE OF 6-8% FY GROUP SALES WILL FALL, WILL BE IMPACTED BY PERFORMANCE OF LA PRAIRIE BEIERSDORF CEO ON CALL - WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF WE REACH THE LOWER END OF OUR GUIDANCE Further c

BUZZ-Nivea maker Beiersdorf slides after margin miss ** Shares of Beiersdorf BEIG.DE slip around 4% to their lowest since November after the Nivea maker's H1 margin missed expectations ** H1 EBIT margin came in at 16.2% margin versus 17.1% in VA consensus, Stifel says, outpointing also a Q2 organic sales miss in Consumer business ** "Weakness at La