Top buy and sell ideas by Mitessh Thakkar, Rahul Mohindar for short term

The Indian stock market is expected to open in the red as trends on SGX Nifty indicate a gap-down opening for the index in India with a 111 points loss.

In the pre-opening session, Sensex is down 245.37 points or 0.48 percent at 50600.71, and the Nifty shed 43.50 points or 0.29 percent at 15037.30.

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

Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com

Buy Apollo Hospitals with a stop loss of Rs 3,066, target at Rs 2,970

Buy ICICI Prudential with a stop loss of Rs 485, target at Rs 510

Sell Jindal Steel & Power with a stop loss of Rs 342, target at Rs 321

Buy Shree Cement with a stop loss of Rs 27,980, target at Rs 29,400

Rahul Mohindar of viratechindia.com

Sell State Bank of India with a stop loss of Rs 400, target at Rs 375

Sell HDFC with a stop loss of Rs 2,610, target at Rs 2,490

Buy Hindustan Unilever with a stop loss of Rs 2,135, target at Rs 2,260

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