Stocks to buy today: Hindalco, TCS, Lupin and NTPC among list of 20 stocks for profitable trade on July 21

The cues from the Asian market were not so encouraging as the majority of the Asian indices traded flat to negative on Thursday. Hinting at a flat start for the upbeat Indian market, the SGX Nifty was trading marginally higher by 20 points on the Singaporean exchange in early trade this morning.  

Japanese Nikkei 225 dropped 0.10%, Hang Seng Index declined more than 1.15% and Chinese Shanghai Composite dropped nearly half per cent on Thursday morning.  

Earlier, the US market had closed on a strong note on Wednesday. US equity benchmarks Dow Jones, Nasdaq Index and S&P 500 closed higher by 47.79 points, 184.50 points and 23.21 respectively.  

Meanwhile, Zee Business brings you a list of 20 stocks from cash, techno and F&O sections to help you make profit on your trading. The list includes stocks that are picked keeping short-to-long term investment needs and comprise intraday calls too. Below is the list of such stocks on Tuesday.  

Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks
CASH STOCK 
BUY PRECISION CAMSHAFT TARGET 145 SL 135 
 
FUTURES 
BUY MCX TARGET 1450 SL 1390 
 
OPTIONS 
BUY LUPIN 660 CE TARGET 16 SL 7 
 
TECHNO 
BUY UTI AMC TARGET 720 SL 660 
 
FUNDA 
BUY ASTRAZENECA PHARMA TARGET 3300 DURATION 1 MONTH 
 
INVEST STOCK 
BUY MARUTI TARGET 10000 DURATION 1 YEAR 
 
STOCK IN NEWS 
BUY SONATA SOFT TARGET 700 SL 670 
 
MY CHOICE 
BUY V-GUARD TARGET 240 SL 225 
BUY ROYAL ORCHID HOTELS TARGET 173 SL 160 
BUY SKF INDIA TARGET 4050 SL 3800 
 
MY BEST 
BUY UTI AMC TARGET 720 SL 660 
 

Kushal Gupta Stock Picks
 
Cash 
ADOR WELDING - Buy - 800, sl - 775 
 
FTR 
WIPRO FUT - Sell - 398, sl - 416 
 
OPTN 
HINDALCO - 370 CE@6.2 - Buy - 12, sl - 3 
 
Techno 
TCS - Buy - 3263, SL - 3120 
 
Funda 
LA OPALA - Buy - 358, Duration - 1 year 
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Invest 
NTPC - Buy - 180, Duration - 1 year 
 
News 
SARDA ENERGY & MINERALS - Buy - 915, sl - 880 
 
Mychoice 
HDFC Life FUT - Sell - 505, sl - 532 
DR REDDY'S Buy 4570, SL 4400 
ITC Buy 303, SL 295 
 
Best Pick 
NTPC - Buy - 180, Duration - 1 year