Six stocks that can give handsome returns today

On CNBC-TV18's show Super Six, market gurus Manas Jaiswal, Gaurav Bissa and Jay Thakkar place their bets on two stocks each, thus offering investors a variety of options to choose from. Investors can read into the detailed analysis before agreeing to any or all the bets.Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.comMy first pick is NHPC, that is a buy call. Few days back it took support near 200-day moving average (DMA) and yesterday it broke its resistance of Rs 21 with higher volumes. So we may see further upmove. It can test Rs 22.50. One can buy it with a stoploss of Rs 21.My second pick is Aditya Birla Nuvo. The stock is making higher tops and higher bottoms from the level of Rs 700. Yesterday it broke its 50-day moving average (DMA) with higher volumes. So, we may see further recovery. It can test Rs 940, so one can buy it with a stoploss of Rs 880.Gaurav Bissa of LKP SecuritiesMy first recommendation today is buy on Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M). The stock has been trading in a range all this while after witnessing a decent amount of short covering, it has been forming fresh longs. This is one of the more beautiful patterns in derivatives where you have seen the weaker hands getting out of the stock and that has been replaced by some strong hands and forming of fresh long positions. I would recommend going long on the stock. One can have a stoploss at Rs 1,310 and play for a target of Rs 1,420.My second recommendation today is buy on Asian Paints. The stock has been virtually trading in a range for the last few weeks. Rs 850 probably a decent support at lower levels. The stock has come out of its range, volume based participation has been quite good, consistent longs are seen getting built. I would recommend going long in the stock for target of Rs 945. One can have a stoploss of Rs 890.Jay Thakkar of Sharekhan The first buy recommendation is on Asian Paints. One can buy Asian Paints for a target of Rs 962 and second target will be Rs 980. For that one can place a stop loss at Rs 892. In yesterday's trading session, we have seen this stock providing a good breakout from a significant triangle pattern that has been formed over a couple of months now. Risk reward is quite in favour of the bulls so one can have long positions in this stock.Second buy recommendation is on Bajaj Hindusthan. The way the entire sugar pack has been outperforming the index since the couple of months now especially in the recent week as well where we have seen individual sugar stocks performing quite well and providing an upward breakout and forming higher tops and higher bottom on the daily charts, I think the sugar story is still looking good at least in the short-term. The minimum target on this triangle pattern on the upside comes to Rs 22.70 which is also close to its previous high on the daily as well as weekly charts and on the lower side, Rs 20 is a very good support. Hence that will be the stoploss.