Stocks to buy today: List of 20 stocks for profitable trade on March 22

The Indian market ended nearly 1% lower on Monday amid rising crude oil prices in view of some European Union members mulling to impose sanctions on Russian oil. Benchmark Nifty50 settled near 17,100, while barometer Sensex declined nearly 600 points as the indices settled 0.98% and 0.99% cuts on Monday. Nifty midcap ended 0.28% lower, while the smallcap index gained 0.23% on Monday's closing as banking, FMCG and auto stocks turned out top laggards. Metal stocks saw buying interest in the falling market.  

Meanwhile, Asian markets were trading in the green on Tuesday. Japanese Nikkei 225 was up more than 1.5%, Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong exchange gained 0.70% and Chinese Shanghai Composite was trading flat.  

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SGX Nifty was too trading flat with positive bias as the future index rose marginally by 17 points to 17,168.50 on the Singaporean exchange around 8 am on Tuesday.  

In the US market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 201.94 points, or 0.58%, to 34,552.99, the S&P 500 lost 1.94 points, or 0.04%, to 4,461.18 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 55.38 points, or 0.4%, to 13,838.46. 

"U.S. stocks declined broadly while oil prices and Treasury yields pushed higher on Monday as investors refocused on risks from conflict in Ukraine and the U.S. Federal Reserve`s actions on inflation," said Reuters.  

Meanwhile, ahead of the market opening, Zee Business research team brings you a list of 20 stocks for profitable trade. These stocks have been picked to help investors mint money on a short-term, positional basis and long-term investment. Below is the list of stocks: 

Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks 

CASH STOCK 

BUY GHCL TARGET 552 SL 530 

FUTURES 

BUY LAURUS LABS TARGET 606 SL 588 

OPTIONS 

BUY ONGC 175 CE TARGET 6 SL 2.25 

TECHNO 

BUY NAHAR POLY TARGET 650 DURATION 3 MONTHS 

FUNDA 

BUY NIIT LTD TAGET 670 DURATION 12 MONTHS 

INVESTMENT PICK 

BUY LINDE INDIA TARGET 4200 DURATION 12 MONTHS 

STOCK IN NEWS 

BUY GR INFRA TARGET 1450 SL 1400 

MY CHOICE 

BUY TN NEWS TARGET 170 SL 155 

BUY JAGSONPAL PHARMA TARGET 300 SL 285 

BUY CENTURY PLY TARGET 740 SL 680 

MY BEST 

BUY NIIT LTD TAGET 670 DURATION 12 MONTHS 

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Kushal Gupta Stock Picks 

Cash 

Seshasayee Paper & Boards - Buy - 190, sl - 180 

FTR 

IOC - Buy - 121, sl - 114 

OPTN 

Apollo Tyres 187.5 PE@ 5.30 - Buy - 9, sl - 4 

Techno 

Balkrishna Ind - Sell - 2000, sl - 2090 

Funda 

JSPL - Sell - 475, sl - 496 

Invest 

Tata Power - Buy - 270, Duration - 6 months 

News 

Gujarat Gas - Buy - 515, sl - 496 

Mychoice 

Wonderla Holidays - Buy - 240, sl - 229 

PVR - Buy - 1800, sl - 1725 

HUL - Buy - 2110, sl - 2020 

Best pick 

Balkrishna Ind - Sell - 2000, sl - 2090