Traders' Diary: Buy, sell or hold strategy on TCS, Asian Paints, Apollo Tyres, IOCL, HPCL, over a dozen other stocks today

In this edition of Traders' Diary, the Zee Business research team shares exclusive research on 20 stocks that investors and traders can track on Tuesday, March 19.

Check out the complete list of stocks 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 HG Infra Engineering shares in the cash segment for a target price of Rs 922 with a stop loss at Rs 881

Sell Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) futures for a target of Rs 155 with a stop loss at Rs 165

Buy the Rs 460 put option of Apollo Tyres at Rs 10 for a target of Rs 18 with a stop loss at Rs 6

Technical pick: Sell Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) futures for a target price of Rs 540 with a stop loss at Rs 562

Fundamental pick: Buy ICICI Lombard shares for a one-year target of Rs 2,000

Investment idea: Buy Cummins India shares for a one-year target of Rs 3,200

News-based pick: Buy RPP Infra Projects for a target of Rs 108 with a stop loss at Rs 102

My Choice picks:

• Buy IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals shares for a target of Rs 372 with a stop loss at Rs 355
• Buy Shriram Finance shares for a target of Rs 2,380 with a stop loss at Rs 2,290
• Sell Asian Paints futures for a target of Rs 2,750 with a stop loss at Rs 2,875

Varun Dubey

Buy Swan Energy shares in the cash segment for a target price of Rs 585 with a stop loss at Rs 555

Sell Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) futures for a target of Rs 3,950 with a stop loss at Rs 4,200

Buy the Rs 535 call option of Hindalco Industries for a target of Rs 12 with a stop loss at Rs 8

Technical pick: Buy Sudarshan Chemical Industries shares for a target of Rs 600 with a stop loss at Rs 565

Fundamental pick: Buy Varun Beverages shares for a target of Rs 1,490 with a stop loss at Rs 1,410

Investment idea: Buy BSE shares for a one-year target of Rs 2,600

News-based pick: Buy Sonata Software shares for a target of Rs 774 with a stop loss at Rs 730

My Choice picks:

• Buy Lemon Tree Hotels shares for a target of Rs 135 with a stop loss at Rs 127
• Sell Berger Paints shares for a target of Rs 540 with a stop loss at Rs 562
• Sell Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) shares for a target of Rs 450 with a stop loss at Rs 468

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