Stocks to buy today: Aarti Industries, Deepak Nitrite, Maruti Suzuki among list of 20 stocks for profitable trade on August 17

The Indian market extended gains to the sixth consecutive day with the benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex ending higher by around 0.70% each on Tuesday. As the market continues to soar amid improved sentiments, the cues from the Asian market were positive on Wednesday morning.  

The SGX Nifty, which indicates opening trends of the Indian market, was trading higher by 30 points on the Singaporean exchange on Wednesday morning.  

Similarly, Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 0.8%, Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong Exchange gained 0.22% and Chinese Shanghai Composite traded flat in early trade.  

Earlier, the US markets too closed largely positive with the Dow Jones ending higher by 239 points and S&P500 gaining eight points in the closing trade on Tuesday. However, Nasdaq index ended lower by 25 points.  

"US stock advanced on Tuesday, and closed higher following a sudden pullback in tech shares, as investors assessing the latest round of upbeat earnings against a backdrop of growing concerns over slowing growth and rising borrowing costs. Moreover, reports Monday indicating a sharp drop in New York state manufacturing along with the longest streak of declines since 2007 in homebuilder sentiment sparked optimism in equity markets that the Fed may slow interest rates hike," said Marc Despallieres, Chief Strategy & Trading Officer at Vantage.  

A critical clue on how sensitive the Fed is to unfolding economic data may be known when the minutes of the last meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday, he added.  

Meanwhile, Zee Business brings you a list of 20 stocks from cash, techno and F&O space. These stocks have been picked keeping in view investors' short-to-long term requirements. The list also comprises intraday calls for good returns on a given day. Below is the list of stocks. 

Ashish Chaturvedi Stock Picks 

CASH KA STOCK 

BUY GOODLUCK TARGET 384 SL 366   

FUTURES 

BUY AARTI IND TARGET 853 SL 825   

OPTIONS 

BUY DEEPAK NITRITE 2100 CE TARGET 78 SL 44   

TECHNO 

BUY FORTIS HEALTH TARGET 315 SL 283   

FUNDA 

BUY ALLCARGO LOGISTICS TARGET 405 DURATION 12 MONTHS   

INVEST STOCK 

BUY DMART TARGET 5100 DURATION 12 MONTHS   

STOCK IN NEWS 

NO-STOCK  

MY CHOICE 

BUY LGBALA TARGET 750 SL 730 

BUY HIMADARI TARGET 104 SL 98 

BUY AFFLE INDIA TARGET 1275 SL 1199  

MY BEST 

BUY GOODLUCK TARGET 384 SL 366   

Varun Dubey Stock Picks 

Cash 

Buy Techno Electric Target Rs 290 SL RS 275   

Futures 

Buy Maruti Suzuki Target Rs 9200 SL RS 8950   

Options 

Buy HDFC bank Target Rs 20 SL RS 14   

Tech 

Sell PVR Target Rs 1930 SL RS 2020   

Funda  

Buy Home First Finance Target Rs 1000 SL Rs 950   

Invest 

Buy Cummins Target Rs 1500 Duration 4 Months   

In News 

Buy Bharat Gears Target Rs 155 SL RS 147   

My Choice 

Buy Hindustan Copper Target Rs 119 SL RS 111 

Buy Mahindra Logistics Target Rs 500 SL Rs 475 

Buy Aarti Drugs Target Rs 440 SL RS 415