Short or long? Here are the stock picks for the day

Here’s a list of stock recommendations by various analysts and brokerage houses:

Manas Jaiswal of manasjaiswal.com says one can short Maruti Suzuki at current market price with a stop loss at Rs 1,235 for target of Rs 1,180. However, he recommends a buy on Chambal Fertiliser at current market price with a stop loss at Rs 70 for target of Rs 79.

Vishal Malkan of malkansview.com has one buy and one sell call. While he also recommends a sell call on Maruti at around the same levels, one can buy BPCL with a stoploss at Rs 720 for targets of Rs 738 and Rs 745.

Rajesh Jain, Religare Securities has two buy calls. One can buy Ultratech Cement at current market price with a stoploss at Rs 1,360 for target of Rs 1,460 and Cipla at Rs 320 with a stoploss at Rs 315 for target of Rs 335.

SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com has 4 buy recommendations. One can buy Dena Bank with a target of Rs 88 and keep a stoploss at Rs 82.50, buy Financial Technologies with a target of Rs 630 and keep a stoploss at Rs 589. Also, one can buy Apollo Tyres with a target of Rs 88 and keep a stoploss at Rs 83 and buy Century Textiles with a target of Rs 294 and keep a stoploss at Rs 275.

Ashish Kapur or Investshoppe says one can short JSW Steel with a target of Rs 611 and keep a stoploss at Rs 670. His other views include three buys. Buy Kotak Mahindra Bank with a target of Rs 573 and keep a stoploss at Rs 525, buy MindTree with a target of Rs 650 and keep a stoploss at Rs 595 and buy JK Tyre & Industries with a target of Rs 84 and keep a stoploss at Rs 76.

Saurabh Mittal of Swadeshi Credits also has 4 buy recommendations. Buy Larsen & Toubro with a target of Rs 1,260 and keep a stoploss at Rs 1,190. Buy Sesa Goa with a target of Rs 200 and keep a stoploss at Rs 180, buy Geometric with a target of Rs 80 and keep a stoploss at Rs 69 and buy Delta Corp with a target of Rs 60 and keep a stoploss at Rs 53.