Stocks to buy today: List of 20 stocks for profitable trade on May 23

After Indian markets closed the week with robust gains on Friday, the hint from Asian markets were mixed on Monday morning. Japanese Nikkei 225 was trading higher by 0.7%, Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong Exchange declined more than 1% and Chinese Shanghai Composite was also marginally down by 0.15%.  

The trends from SGX Nifty hinted at a flat opening for the Indian market as Futures Index on the Singaporean Exchange was trading with gains of 10 points in the early trade.  

Meanwhile, 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, and also include intraday calls. Investors can bet on these stocks to make money from their investments. The stocks are also identified based on the development surrounding them. 

Earlier, the US market closed mixed as Dow Jones ended marginally higher, Nasdaq slipped more than 30 points, S&P 500 ended flat with no gains and Russell 200 dropped 3 points 

Here is the list of 20 stocks picked by Zee Business research analysts Kushal Gupta and Ashish Chaturvedi for profitable trade:  

Kushal Gupta Stock Picks 
 
CASH 
Metro Brands - Buy - 550, sl - 530 
 
FTR 
HPCL - Buy - 250, sl - 242 
 
OPTN 
IOC 117 CE@2.15 - Buy - 5, sl - 1.5 
 
Techno 
Hero Motocorp - Buy - 2680, sl - 2570 
 
Funda 
Tata Power - Buy - 280, Duration - 1 year 
 
IPL 
Ashok Leyland - Buy - 150, Duration - 6 months 
 
News 
Bajaj Auto - Buy - 3900, sl - 3740 
 
Mychoice 
BHEL (Cash) - Buy - 58, sl - 51 
JSW Steel - Sell - 612, sl - 638 
JSPL - Sell - 460, sl - 483 
 
Best Pick 
HPCL - Buy - 250, sl - 242 
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Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks 
CASH STOCK 
BUY GIPCL TARGET 92 SL 85 
 
FUTURES 
BUY NTPC TARGET 155 SL 147 
 
OPTIONS 
BUY BRITANNIA 3460 CE TARGET 59 SL 20 
 
TECHNO 
BUY GRAUER & WEIL TARGET 85 SL 78 
 
FUNDA 
BUY SOBHA TARGET 600 SL 502 
 
IPL STOCK 
BUY ALLCARGO LOGISTICS TARGET 410 DURATION 12 MONTHS 
 
STOCK IN NEWS 
SELL GLENMARK TARGET 388 SL 413 
 
MY CHOICE 
BUY LUX IND TARGET 2230 SL 2100 
BUY REDINGTON TARGET 148 SL 140 
BUY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC TARGET 131 SL 120  
 
MY BEST 
BUY GRAUER & WEIL TARGET 85 SL 78