Stocks to buy today: SBI, L&T, ICICI Bank among 8 short-term trading ideas by experts for 21 July

Indian markets pared initial losses and were trading flat with a negative bias on Thursday, tracking the muted trend in Asian markets. The S&P BSE Sensex recouped a nearly 100-point loss to trade flat while Nifty50 held on to 16,500 levels in the first 15-minutes of trade.

Sectorally, buying was seen in telecom, realty, FMCG, metal and autos while some selling was visible in IT, consumer durables, and banking stocks.

We have collated stocks from various experts for traders who have a short-term trading horizon:

Expert: Gaurav Ratnaparkhi, Head Technical Research, Sharekhan by to ETBureau


MindTree: Buy| Target Rs 3270-3350| Stop Loss Rs 3050
The stock has given a breakout from a multi-week base triangle formation. The daily momentum indicators are also on a new upside cycle.

MCX: Buy| Target Rs 1450-1500| Stop Loss Rs 1360
The stock broke out from a couple of falling trendlines. Also, it surpassed a crucial swing high on the daily chart which is a positive sign for the bulls.

Expert: Nooresh Merani, independent technical analyst told ETNow

Hero MotoCorp: Buy| Target Rs 3200| Stop Loss Rs 2750

Piramal Enterprises: Buy| 1900| Stop Loss Rs 1730

Expert: Kunal Bothra, Market Expert told ETNow


L&T: Buy| Target Rs 1800| Stop Loss Rs 1700

SBI: Buy| Target Rs 530| Stop Loss Rs 499

Expert: Sanjiv Bhasin, Director,


ICICI Bank: Buy| Target Rs 810| Stop Loss Rs 756

Aarti Industries: Buy| Target Rs 775| Stop Loss Rs 718

(Disclaimer: Recommendations, suggestions, views and opinions given by the experts are their own. These do not represent the views of Economic Times)