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BUZZ-Carpetright: trading improves

** Floor coverings retailer Carpetright (LSE: CPR.L - news) enjoys best one-day pct move since summer 2009 after upbeat on profit forecasts as trading improves at home & abroad

** Co had made string of recent profit warnings due to tough trading in Netherlands & weak demand in UK; stock shed about third of value this yr

** Peel Hunt lifts rating on stock to "buy" vs "hold"; says shares now good value relative to longer-term recovery potential

** Broker rated at five stars for recommendation accuracy on Carpetright, according to StarMine (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)