Top buy & sell ideas by Mitessh Thakkar & Prakash Gaba for December 18

The Nifty futures on the Singaporean stock exchange were trading higher by around 26.5 points at 10388, a rise of around 0.26 percent. This indicates that the domestic market is likely to open on a positive note.

Moneycontrol.com has collated a list of trading ideas from top market experts which one can take cues for better returns:

Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com

Buy Axis Bank with a stop loss of Rs 540 and target of Rs 565

Buy Havells India with a stop loss of Rs 548 and target of Rs 575

Buy Infosys with a stop loss of Rs 1009 and target of Rs 1050

Sell Dabur India with a stop loss of Rs 346.50 and target of Rs 334

Buy GNFC with a stop loss of Rs 464 and target of Rs 510

Buy GAIL India with a stop loss of Rs 482 and target of Rs 515

Buy State Bank of India with a stop loss of Rs 304 and target of Rs 325

Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com

Buy Chennai Petroleum with a target of Rs 435 and stop loss at Rs 418

Buy Escorts with a target at Rs 720 and stop loss at Rs 680

Buy Hindalco Industries with a target at Rs 248 and stop loss at Rs 240

Buy Sundram Fasteners with a target of Rs 560 and stop loss at Rs 520

Bombay Dyeing can climb to around Rs 275, keep stop loss at Rs 250

Vedanta can climb to around Rs 315, keep stop loss at Rs 295