Trading ideas: 6 stock recommendations for August 12, Thursday

Trading of Nifty 50 index futures on the Singapore stock exchange indicates that the Nifty could gain over 50 points at the opening bell. Earlier, the domestic equity barometers ended with almost flat on Wednesday. The Nifty closed above the 16,250 mark after hitting the day’s low of 16,162.55 in mid-morning trade. Metal shares bounced amid value buying. Private banks and pharma shares were under pressure. The S&P BSE Sensex, fell 28.73 points or 0.05% to 54,525.93. The Nifty 50 index added 2.15 points or 0.01% to 16,282.25. Kotak Mahindra Bank (down 1.77%), ICICI Bank (down 1.08%), HDFC Bank (down 0.83%) and HDFC (down 0.71%) were major drags. Here are 6 money making ideas from technical analysts that may deliver good gains in the near term.

Recommendations by: Rohit Singre, LKP Securities

Escorts | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 1,180 | Target price: Rs 1,330

BPCL | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 440 | Target price: Rs 470

Recommendations by: Sneha Seth, Angel Broking

Tech Mahindra | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 1,297 | Target price: Rs 1,365

Tata Steel | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 1,385 | Target price: Rs 1,460

Recommendations by: Manas Jaiswal, Manas Jaiswal Technical Research Group

Pidilite | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 2,199 | Target price: Rs 2,375

Vedanta | Buy | Stop loss: Rs 309 | Target price: Rs 355

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