Buy or sell stocks: Indian stock market outperformed all other Asian markets on Friday due to strong global sentiments and financial year end buying. Nifty 50 index ended 279 points higher at 17,359, BSE Sensex climbed over 1000 points and closed at 58,991. Nifty Bank index finished 698 points north at 40,608. Small-cap index shot up 1.35% and mid-cap index surged 1.35%.
Stock market strategy for next week
Anuj Gupta, Vice President at IIFL Securities, believes that Nifty and Bank Nifty have given strong breakout after oscillating in a tight range for more than a week. He recommends five stocks to buy on Monday, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, JSW Steel, Federal Bank and BEL.
5 buy or sell stocks for next week
- HDFC Bank: Shares of the Bank Nifty heavy weight has given trendlyne breakout on chart pattern and it is looking highly positive as well. One can initiate momentum buying in the scrip for weekly target of ₹1,660 apiece levels maintaining stop loss at ₹1,574 per share levels.
- JSW Steel: Shares of the metal major has given breakout after four weeks consolidation. Strong Chinese demand for the base metals and spurt in volume of the stock indicates strong upside in JSW Steel share price in near term. One can buy the scrip at CMP for weekly target of ₹750 maintaining strict stop loss at ₹654 apiece levels.
- ICICI Bank: Shares of the banking major is trading at one month high. IT has formed bullish chart structure and gave fresh breakout on Friday session. One can buy ICICI Bank shares on Monday for one week target of ₹940 apiece. However, one must maintain strict stop loss at ₹835 levels.
- BEL: Shares of Bharat Electronics Ltd is trading above six week’s high and the stock is witnessing spurt in volume as well. After giving breakout on Friday session, BEL share price is expected to go up to ₹110 levels in one week time. One can initiate momentum buying in the scrip maintaining stop loss at ₹92 apiece levels.
- Federal Bank: Shares of this South India headquartered bank has given weekly breakout on chart pattern and strong bias in Nifty Bank Index is supportive for the scrip. One can buy Federal Bank shares at CMP for weekly target of ₹150 levels. However, one must maintain stop loss at ₹124 while taking position in this scrip.
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