While maintaining reduce call on the stock and raising target to Rs 2,020 (from Rs 1,900), Kotak Institutional Equities cut its revenue growth forecast marginally, but raised EBIT margin forecast by 20-30 bps.

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Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends buying Larsen & Toubro with stop loss of Rs 1315 and target of Rs 1367 and TCS with stop loss of Rs 2150 and target of Rs 2275.

Top buy and sell ideas by Ashwani Gujral, Sudarshan Sukhani, Mitesh Thakkar for short term

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends buying HCL Tech with stop loss at Rs 542 and target of Rs 585 and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance with stop loss at Rs 487 and target of Rs 515.

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Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com advises buying DLF with a stop loss of Rs 220 and target of Rs 240.

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Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com recommends selling IDFC First Bank with stop loss at Rs 45 and target of Rs 41 and UPL with stop loss at Rs 570 and target of Rs 548.

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Prakash Gaba of prakashgaba.com recommends buying Cadila Healthcare with target at Rs 270 and stop loss at Rs 260 and Kotak Mahindra Bank with target at Rs 1675 and stop loss at Rs 1640.

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Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends buying Bata India with a stop loss of Rs 1670, target of Rs 1720 and Kotak Mahindra Bank with a stop loss of Rs 1630, target of Rs 1675.

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Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com recommends selling Hero MotoCorp with a stoploss of Rs 2,620 and target of Rs 2,530-2,589.10 and advises buying Reliance Industries with a stoploss of Rs 1,458 and target of Rs 1,500-1,472.30.

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Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com advises buying HDFC Life with stop loss at Rs 625 and target of Rs 650.

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Romesh Tiwari of CapitalAim feels IT majors like Infosys and TCS are robust and can provide comparatively-secured returns while returns on midcap IT will be more volatile

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Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2 billion in Q4-FY19, says Anand Rathi.

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Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2 billion in Q4-FY19.

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Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com recommends buying ICICI Bank with a stop loss of Rs 424 and target of Rs 440 and Pidilite Industries with a stop loss of Rs 1224 and target of Rs 1270.

Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2bn in Q4-FY19.

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Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2 billion in Q4-FY19.

Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2 billion in Q4-FY19.

Morgan Stanley overweight on 6 stocks which could return 6-49%; do you own any?

In case of banks, Morgan Stanley believes asset quality and loan growth are expected to be strong which will drive their earnings going ahead, especially after facing problem on asset quality front for past several quarters.

Nifty IT ringing a bell of caution amid trade war trepidation

Strengthening Indian Rupee again acts as a constraint for IT companies. Looking at the technical structure, seems that INR could appreciate till 68.9 and 68.2 in the coming days

Buy Tata Consultancy Services, target Rs 2,510: Anand Rathi

We expect growth momentum to continue in FY20, given deal wins of USD 6.2bn in Q4-FY19, up from USD 5.9bn in Q3-FY19, and net hiring of 29,287 in FY19 vs 7,775 in FY18.