Stocks to buy today: List of 20 stocks for profitable trade on April 21

Putting a halt to 5 days losing streak, Indian market settled with more than 1% gains on Wednesday. Benchmark Nifty50 rose above 17,100, while the Sensex added nearly 600 points to its previous closing. Nifty Bank closed with marginal cuts of 27 points around 36,300, while Nifty mid cap closed 0.75% higher and small cap dropped around 0.20% as broader market indices underperformed benchmarks. Nifty auto, oil & gas, IT, FMCG and Pharma gained, while metal, media and banking and financial services ended marginally lower.  

Meanwhile, Asian markets were trading mixed on Thursday as Japanese Nikkei 225 was trading higher by more than 1%, Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong Exchange dropped 0.4% and Chinese Shanghai Composite traded flat with marginal cuts in the morning trade.  

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However, SGX Nifty Future traded firm on the Singaporean exchange as the index rose by more than 100 points in early trade on Thursday.  

Earlier on Wednesday, on Wall Street, Dow Jones jumped 250 points, however correction in Netflix forced Nasdaq to close 167 points lower, S&P 500 too ended marginally lower by 3 points to close in the red.  

Meanwhile, ahead of the market opening, Zee Business research team brings you a list of stocks that can give good returns in the short to long term. These stocks have been picked from cash, F&O and techno space to help investors make money over a period of time. Below is the list of stocks, take a look. 

Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks

CASH KA STOCK
BUY GO FASHIONS TARGET 1080 SL 1037

FUTURES
BUY IOC TARGET 137 SL 132

OPTIONS
BUY GRANULES INDIA 285 PE TARGET 7.90 SL 2

TECHNO
BUY HDFC BANK TARGET 1385 SL 1329

FUNDA
BUY NHPC TARGET 38.5 DURATION 1 MONTHS

IPL STOCK
BUY VARUN BEVERAGES TARGET 1300 DURATION 9-12 MONTHS

STOCK IN NEWS
BUY RELIANCE IND TARGET 2800 SL 2700

MY CHOICE
BUY TEXMACO RAIL TARGET 55 SL 52
BUY JAYSHREE TEA TARGET 119 SL 113
BUY HARRISONS MALAYALAM TARGET 180 SL 170

MY BEST
BUY VARUN BEVERAGES TARGET 1300 DURATION 9-12 MONTHS

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Varun Dubey Stock Picks 
Cash
Buy Atul Auto Target Rs 191 SL RS 180

Futures
Sell Strides Pharma Target Rs 328 SL RS 345

Options
Buy L&T 1700 CE Target Rs 30 SL RS 20

Tech
Buy Shoppers Stop Target Rs 525 SL RS 498

Funda
Buy Info Edge Target Rs 4800 SL RS 4580

IPL
Buy Jyothy Labs tgt 190 Duration 4-6 Months

News
Buy Angel One Target Rs 1690 SL RS 1590

My Choice
Sell Alembic Pharma Futures Target Rs 735 SL RS 774
Buy HDFC Ltd Target Rs 2250 SL RS 2150
Buy Mazagon Dock Target Rs 330 SL RS 305

Best Pick
Buy Angel One Target Rs 1690 SL RS 1590