The market may extend the downtrend if it breaks the 10-day EMA (Exponential Moving Average) amid likely consolidation, while the VIX in the lower zone supports bulls. Below are some trading ideas for the near term.

Top 10 trading ideas by experts for 3-4 weeks as bulls charge to reclaim 18,000 level

The Nifty50 index is now more than 18 percent up from its June lows and is gradually gathering steam to reclaim 18,000 mark with crucial support at 17,500, experts said

Brokerages expect these 10 stocks could return 14-33% as market rally broadens in 2020

Axis Securities expects the upcoming year to be good for equity investments, especially the midcaps, following the aggressive roadmap of reforms undertaken by the government treading fiscal prudence path.

Bullish on 10 multi-cap stocks, brokerages expect 14-121% returns

'Better farm income coupled with the measures taken by the government and RBI will help improve demand conditions'

Invest in trolling time for multibagger returns; GHCL, Uflex among top 4 buy ideas

Stocks having strong fundamentals with improved and unique business outlook should be looked upon particularly.

Ashish Kacholia buys into 3 stocks with market cap of less than Rs 2,000 crore in Q1

Value investors like Kacholia look for stocks that are now available at attractive valuations after having corrected in the recent past

Buy GHCL, target Rs 320: Aditya Agarwala

The stock may be bought in the range of Rs 288-290 for targets of Rs 306-320, and a stop loss below Rs 275, says Aditya Agarwala of YES Securities.

These 3 stock ideas could return 5-14% in the next 3-4 weeks

Owing to the mean reversion nature of VIX, a rise in volatility is possible in coming trading sessions which could lead to choppy trading sessions going forward.

Hypnos Fund buys 31 lakh shares of Gujarat Heavy Chemicals

Hypnos Fund bought 31,00,000 shares of Gujarat Heavy Chemicals

Bull's Eye: Buy Lupin, Bank of Baroda, IFCI, Glenmark, Godrej Consumer, Amara Raja

Rakesh Bansal of RK Global is of the view that one may buy Bank of Baroda with a target of Rs 183.

Bull's Eye: Buy SBI, PNB, Petronet, Havells, Reliance Infra, Mindtree, BoB

Vijay Chopra of enochventures.com advises buying Petronet LNG with a target of Rs 252.

Bull's Eye: Buy Radico Khaitan, DCB Bank, Kolte-Patil, Divis Lab, GMDC, HEG

Pankaj Jain of SW Capital is of the view that one may buy HEG with a target of Rs 2215.

Bull's Eye: Buy Natco Pharma, DCM Shriram, Rain Industries, GHCL, Camlin Fine, Jamna Auto

Ruchit Jain of Angel Broking recommends buying Natco Pharma with a stoploss at Rs 995 and target of Rs 1080 and a buy on GHCL with a stoploss at Rs 286 and target of Rs 327.

Bull's Eye: Buy Thermax, LT Foods, JK Paper, Pfizer, Natco Pharma, GHCL

Ruchit Jain of Angel Broking is of the view that one may buy NIIT Technologies with a target of Rs 681.

Bull's Eye: Buy Dish TV, NMDC, Advani Hotel; sell Tata Steel, ONGC, Godrej Ind

Rakesh Bansal of RK Global is of the view that one may buy Bhagyanagar India with a target of Rs 72.

Bull's Eye: Buy Ajanta Pharma, Bata, Apollo Tyres, GHCL, Jain Irrigation

Ruchit Jain of Angel Broking is of the view that one may buy Brigade Enterprises with a target of Rs 330.

Bull's Eye: Buy Page Industries, Adani Power, Wockhardt, Jain Irrigation, Sun TV, GHCL

Sameet Chavan of Angel Broking is of the view that one may buy Adani Power with a target of Rs 36.80.

Bull's Eye: Buy Bata, Sun TV, Havells, Escorts, Mastek, BF Utilities, Wockhardt

Jay Thakkar of Anand Rathi Securities advises buying BF Utilities with a target of Rs 516.

Market Update: Over 142 stocks hit 52-week high on BSE; BPCL top gainer, GHCL jumps 5%

Bharat petroleum Corporation and Indiabulls Housing Finance which added over 2 percent each on the Nifty while a total of 142 stocks hit 52-week high in today's trade on the BSE Index.

Ashish Kacholia: This multibagger smallcap picker has 19 stock ideas to win big

The approach of investing towards small to midcap in a scenario where the market is trading at record highs should be based on core fundamentals and not momentum in the stocks.

Short PNB; buy Aurobindo Pharma, Dr Reddy's Labs, Prabhat Dairy: Sudarshan Sukhani

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com is of the view that one can short Punjab National Bank and can buy Aurobindo Pharma, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Prabhat Dairy.

Sell LIC Housing; buy Gujarat Heavy Chemicals: Gujral

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com is of the view that one can sell LIC Housing Finance and Century Textiles and Industries and buy Gujarat Heavy Chemicals.

Sell Karnataka Bank, JSW Energy; buy GHCL: Ashwani Gujral

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com is of the view that one can sell Karnataka Bank and JSW Energy and buy Gujarat Heavy Chemicals.

Sell HDIL, Ashok Leyland; buy GHCL: Ashwani Gujral

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com is of the view that one can buy Gujarat Heavy Chemicals and sell HDIL and Ashok Leyland.

Buy NBCC, CESC, Gujarat Heavy Chemicals: Ashwani Gujral

According to Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com, one can buy NBCC, CESC and Gujarat Heavy Chemicals.