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BUZZ-Computacenter: star broker upgrade boosts stock

Reuters - UK Focus

** IT infrastructure provider Computacenter (LSE: CCC.L - news) up 3.6 pct, second top FTSE midcap gainer in decent volume

** Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) , rated 5 stars for recommendation accuracy on Computacenter by StarMine, upgrades stock to "overweight" from "equal weight", raises PT to 900p from 750p

** Broker says Q2 trading strong, possible cash return could boost stock

** Broker raises PBT estimates by 5-6 pct for next three years on higher orders from Germany - says German demand making up for stagnating UK market

** About a quarter of 30-day daily average volumes traded in just over an hour

** Co by far and away top gainer on FTSE 350 software and computer services index

** For Barclays' view on European tech rally: (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) :sanjeeban.sarkar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)