Top buy and sell ideas by Sudarshan Sukhani, Mitessh Thakkar, Prakash Gaba for short term

Nifty, after a choppy trade initially, gained strength in the last couple of hours of trade on March 19 and continued uptrend for the seventh consecutive session to close above psychological 11,500 level for the first time since September 14, 2018.

The index formed a bullish candle, resembling a 'Hanging Man' pattern on the daily chart. In fact, the Hanging Man pattern has been seen in the last two out of five sessions.

A consistent rally brought the market to overbought levels, hence the upside from hereon looks limited, experts said, adding the correction or sideways trade could be possible in coming sessions.

Nifty after opening higher at 11,500 remained volatile and hit an intraday low of 11,451.25, but managed to gain strength in the last couple of hours of trade and hit a day's high of 11,543.85. The index finally closed up 70.20 points at 11,532.40.

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Maximum Put open interest (OI) was at 11,000 followed by 11,300 strike and maximum Call OI was at 11,500 followed by 11,600 strike. Meaningful Put writing was at 11,500 followed by 11,400 strike while Call unwinding was at all the immediate strikes with minor Call Writing at 11,800 strike. Option band signifies a shift in a higher trading range between 11,400 and 11,700 zones.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, top market experts recommend which stocks to bet on for good returns:

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com

Buy Infosys with stop loss at Rs 712 and target of Rs 735

Buy Tata Chemicals with stop loss at Rs 581 and target of Rs 605

Buy Hindustan Unilever with stop loss at Rs 1685 and target of Rs 1715

Sell Bharat Forge with stop loss at Rs 521 and target of Rs 498

Sell Castrol India with stop loss at Rs 161 and target of Rs 152

Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com

Buy Engineers India with a stop loss of Rs 114 and target of Rs 125

Buy GSFC with a stop loss of Rs 103 and target of Rs 111

Buy Bharti Infratel with a stop loss of Rs 320 and target of Rs 342

Buy ITC with a stop loss of Rs 295 and target of Rs 309

Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com

Buy Century Textiles with target at Rs 940 and stop loss at Rs 890

Buy GSFC with target  at Rs 110-113 and stop loss at Rs 103

Buy Siemens with target at Rs 1080 and stop loss at Rs 1030

Buy Havells India with target at Rs 780 and stop loss at Rs 750

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