BUZZ-Europe movers: William Hill, Accor, Randstad, BAE, Vedanta, Gemalto

European stocks on the back foot. Materials and financial services the weakest while utilities & telecoms holding up. Here's what moving in Europe beyond the indices:

** William Hill (Other OTC: WIMHF - news) : +2.6%, stark outperformer in travel & leisure sector (only stock besides Paddy Power (LSE: PAP.L - news) trading higher). Exane BNP ups target price, raises to "outperform."

** Accor PA : -2.8%, on the flip side Accor (Paris: FR0000120404 - news) is worst performing in sector, after results disappoint. Stock pulls further back from post-GFC (Shenzhen: 000987.SZ - news) high.

** Randstad : -8.3%, sharpest single-day slide since Aug 2011, heavy volumes after earnings miss. Big outperformer over past year, was up ~70% last year.

** Vedanta : -5.7%, weakest & most active stock in basic resources sector. HSBC cuts rating to "underweight" and slashes target price by 26%, cites sluggish cash flow & delay in India unit divestment.

** Suez Env : +7.4%, nearly twice the average daily volume traded by afternoon following results. Best performer on the utilities index, testing resistance at recent high.

** Gemalto (Amsterdam: GTO.AS - news) : sinks on big volumes after Visa (NYSE: V - news) , Mastercard chose to back a rival payment system.

** BAE Systems (LSE: BA.L - news) : -8.4%, co gives weak outlook citi US budget pressures. Street divided on stock with 4 buys vs 4 sells and 13 analysts on the fence with a 'hold'.