Stocks to buy today: List of 20 stocks for profitable trade on May 13

The Indian markets ended with deep cuts of over 2% on Thursday as investors wealth tumbled by more than 5lakh crore in a single day.

These stocks have been picked from cash, F&O and techno segments to help investors make money on their investments. Source: Pixabay

The Indian markets ended with deep cuts of over 2% on Thursday as investors wealth tumbled by more than 5lakh crore in a single day. Benchmarks Nifty50 slipped below 15,800 and the Sensex slid over 1100 points ahead of CPI data, which saw India's annual retail inflation peaking to an eight-year high. Nifty midcap and small cap indices too declined around 2% as unabated profit booking continued in small cap and mid cap stocks.

Meanwhile, Asian markets were trading in the green on Friday morning. Japanese Nikkei 225 was up over 2%, Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong Exchange gained more than 1.5% and Shanghai Composite over half per cent in the early trade on Friday.

In a good sign for the domestic market, the SGX Nifty too returned in the green, gaining more than 150 points in early trade on Friday.

Earlier, the US markets saw a mixed closing as Dow Jones ended lower by more than 100 points, Nasdaq ended marginally higher by 0.06%, while S&P 500 dropped around 0.13%.

Like every day, Zee Business research team brings you a list of 20 stocks that could be bought for robust returns on a short-term, positional and long-term basis. These stocks have been picked from cash, F&O and techno segments to help investors make money on their investments. Below is the list of stocks picked by our analysts Varun Dubey and Ashish Chaturvedi.

Varun Dubey Stock PIcks

Cash

Buy Matrimony Target Rs 690 SL Rs 655

Futures

Sell Tata Motors Target Rs 360 SL RS 376

Options

Buy Wipro 475 CE Target Rs 17 SL RS 11

Tech

Sell Godrej Properties Target Rs 1280 SL RS 1335

Funda

Buy India Cement Target Rs 175 SL RS 165

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