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. 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 

IPL 

Buy Titan Target Rs 2500 Duration 6 Months  

News 

Buy Poonawala Fincorp Target Rs 225 SL  Rs 212 

My Choice 

Sell LIC Housing Finance Target Rs 322 SL RS 335 

Sell Honeywell Automation Target Rs 35800 SL RS 37300 

Best Pick  

Wipro  

Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks  

CASH STOCK 

BUY ANUPAM RASAYN TARGET 805 SL 770 

FUTURES 

SELL MCX TARGET 1105 SL 1170 

OPTIONS 

BUY BATA 1660 PE TARGET 60 SL 41 

TECHNO 

BUY BLUEDART TARGET 7700 DURATION 2 WEEKS 

FUNDA 

BUY ICRA TARGET 4650 DURATION 6 MONTHS 

IPL STOCK 

BUY ABBOTT INDIA TARGET 24000 DURATION 12-18 MONTHS 

STOCK IN NEWS 

BUY WINDLAS BIO TARGET 222 SL 212 

MY CHOICE 

BUY SONATA SOFT TARGET 690 SL 650 

BUY EQUITAS HOLDINGS TARGET 118 SL 110 

SELL UPL TARGET 740 SL 775 

MY BEST 

BUY BLUEDART TARGET 7700 DURATION 2 WEEK