Traders' Diary: Buy, sell or hold strategy on Paytm, PVR, Tata Power, Granules India, Thermax, over a dozen other stocks today

In this edition of Traders' Diary, Zee Business shares exclusive research on more than a dozen stocks that investors and traders can track on Monday, December 18. Here's a list of 20 stocks that are on analysts Kushal Gupta and Varun Dubey's radar.

Here's the complete list of investment and trading ideas for the day:

Kushal Gupta

Buy Mazagon Dock shares in the cash segment for a target of Rs 2,140 with a stop loss at Rs 2,060

Sell Maruti Suzuki futures for a target of Rs 10,150 with a stop loss at Rs 10,530

Buy the Rs 555 call option of Hindalco at Rs 13 for a target of Rs 26 with a stop loss at Rs 7

Technical pick: Sell M&M Financial Services shares for a target of Rs 278 with a stop loss at Rs 290

Fundamental pick: Buy Tata Power shares for a one-year target of Rs 400

Investment idea: Buy Affle India shares for a one-year target of Rs 1,450

News-based pick: sell Granules India shares for a target of Rs 378 with a stop loss at Rs 396

My Choice picks: 

• Buy Zydus Life shares for a target of Rs 668 with a stop loss at Rs 640
• Buy Mphasis shares for a target of Rs 2,720 with a stop loss at Rs 2,615
• Buy Coromandel International shares for a target of Rs 1,280 with a stop loss at Rs 1,230

Varun Dubey

Buy Landmark Cars shares in the spot market for a target of Rs 825 with a stop loss at Rs 777

Buy Lupin futures for a target of Rs 1,280 with a stop loss at Rs 1,235

Buy the Rs 860 put option of JSW Steel for a target of Rs 18 with a stop loss at Rs 12

Technical pick: Buy Paytm shares for a six-month target of Rs 800 

Fundamental pick: Sell HDFC Bank shares for a target of Rs 1,630 with a stop loss at Rs 1,675

Investment idea: Buy Thermax shares for a one-year target of Rs 3,500 

News-based pick: Buy Balrampur Chini shares for a target of Rs 395 with a stop loss at Rs 380

My Choice picks: 

• Sell Bandhan Bank shares for a target of Rs 247 with a stop loss at Rs 258
• Sell ITC shares for a target of Rs 447 with a stop loss at Rs 466
• Buy PVR shares for a target of Rs 1,830 with a stop loss at Rs 1,760

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