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What shares should you invest in if you had Rs 5 lakh?

By Ajit Mishra
January 23, 2020 12:06 IST
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Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.

Here are his replies to some of the 'buy, sell, hold, avoid or exit?' e-mails that we have received. 

 

If you want his advice on your investments, please mail your questions to getahead@rediff.co.in with the subject line, 'Stock Market Query', along with your name, and Ajit Mishra will offer his unbiased views.

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com


Rahul Dulani: What is your advice on these shares?

Ajit Mishra:

ASHOK LEYLAND LTD (ASHLEY) - 100 Shares @ Rs 81.72 Hold
AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD (AURPHA) - 300 Shares @ Rs 76.37 Hold
AXIS BANK LIMITED (AXIBAN) - 100 Shares @ Rs 228.63 Hold
CIPLA LIMITED (CIPLA) - 20 Shares @ Rs 169.92 Hold
COAL INDIA LIMITED (COALIN) - 20 Shares @ Rs 323.42 Hold
DISH TV INDIA LIMITED (DISHTV) - 150 Shares @ Rs 62.42 Exit
GATEWAY DISTRIPARKS LIMITED (GATDIS) - 112 Shares @ Rs 118.27 Exit
RELIANCE ETF GOLD BEES (GOLDEX) - 7700 Shares @ Rs 20.08 Hold
HAZOOR MULTI PROJECTS LIMITED (HAZMED) - 2100 Shares @ Rs 5.03 Exit
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (HCLTEC) - 120 Shares @ Rs 106.05 Hold
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ICIBAN) - 82 Shares @ Rs 161.19 Hold
INFOSYS LTD (INFTEC) - 241 Shares @ Rs 275.88 Hold
JAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LTD (JAIIRR) - 100 Shares @ Rs 96.73 Exit
LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED (LARTOU) - 33 Shares @ Rs 709.92 Hold
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES (RELIND) - 60 Shares @ Rs 435.47 Hold
SBI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD (SBILIF) - 42 Shares @ Rs 700 Hold
SUBEX LTD (SUBSYS) - 150 Shares @ Rs 186.43 Exit
SUPREME PETROCHEM LIMITED (SUPPET) - 100 Shares @ Rs 60.15 Exit
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD (TCS) - 20 Shares @ Rs 514.16 Hold
VIJAYA BANK (VIJBAN) - 100 Shares @ Rs 63.36 Exit

Sankar: This is my portfolio. Can you please advise which one i can hold and exit?

Ajit Mishra:

ABAOFF ABAN OFFSHORE LTD 20 Exit
ADATRA ADANI TRANSMISSION LIMITED 200 Exit
ALLBAN ALLAHABAD BANK 240 Exit
ANARAJ ANANT RAJ LIMITED 1500 Exit
ANDBAN ANDHRA BANK 100 Exit
AURPHA AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD 50 Hold
AXIBAN AXIS BANK LIMITED 0 Hold
BARLTD BARTRONICS INDIA LTD 0 Exit
BATIND BATA INDIA LIMITED 40 Hold
BDHIND BDH INDUSTRIES LTD 0 Exit
COALIN COAL INDIA LIMITED 50 Hold
DECGOL DECCAN GOLD MINES LTD. 200 Exit
DENBAN DENA BANK 100 Exit
EDUSOL EDUCOMP SOLUTIONS LTD 0 Exit
EICMOT EICHER MOTORS LTD 2 Hold
FUTVEN FUTURE CONSUMER LIMITED 2000 Exit
GAIL GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED 232 Hold
HAVIND HAVELLS INDIA LIMITED 50 Hold
HCLINF HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD 1950 Exit
HCLTEC HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 80 Hold
HEG HEG LIMITED 30 Exit
HEXTEC HEXAWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 530 Hold
HINPET HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORP 100 Hold
ICIBAN ICICI BANK LIMITED 82 Hold
ICISEC ICICI SECURITIES LTD ISEC 56 Hold
IGAMOT IGARASHI MOTORS INDIA LIMITED 22 Exit
IMPPOW IMP POWER LTD 0 Exit
INDCEM INDIA CEMENTS LTD 0 Exit
INDIBA INDIAN BANK 200 Exit
INDOIL INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED 300 Hold
INFTEC INFOSYS LTD 80 Hold
ISPIND JSW ISPAT STEEL LIMITED 0 Exit
ITC ITC LIMITED 100 Hold
JAIASS JAIPRAKASH ASSOCIATES LIMITED 0 Exit
JMTAUT JMT AUTO LIMITED 2000 Exit
JVLAGR JVL AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0 Exit
KANST KANISHK STEEL INDUSTRIES LTD 0 Exit
LANINF LANCO INFRATECH LTD 0 Exit
LARTOU LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED 15 Hold
LTFINA LT FINANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED 500 Hold
MANAFI MANAPPURAM FINANCE LIMITED 750 Hold
MOLTEK MOLD-TEK TECHNOLOGIES LTD 0 Exit
NESIND NESTLE INDIA LIMITED 5 Hold
NIIT NIIT LIMITED 450 Exit
NTPC NTPC LIMITED 180 Hold
OMMETA OM METALS INFRAPROJECTS LTD 2041 Exit
ONGC OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATIO 75 Hold
ORBCOR ORBIT CORPORATION LIMITED 0 Exit
POWGRI POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDI 70 Hold
PUNBAN PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK 350 Exit
RELNAT RELIANCE NATURAL RESOURCES LIM 0 Exit
RELPOW RELIANCE POWER LIMITED 0 Exit
SAKSUG SAKTHI SUGARS LTD 0 Exit
SRF SRF LIMITED 100 Exit
STABAN STATE BANK OF INDIA 150 Hold
SUNFAS SUNDARAM FASTENERS LIMITED 20 Hold
SUNPHA SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES 50 Hold
TATCO TATA COFFEE LTD 100 Hold
TATGLO TATA GLOBAL BEVERAGES LIMITED 150 Hold
TATMOT TATA MOTORS LIMITED 60 Exit
TCS TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD 448 Hold
TECMAH TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED 44 Hold
THOCOO THOMAS COOK (INDIA) LTD 150 Exit
TVSMOT TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED 20 Hold
UNITEC UNITECH LTD 0 Exit
VOLTAS VOLTAS LTD 50 Hold
WELIND WELSPUN INDIA LTD 10000 Exit
WIPRO WIPRO LTD 106 Hold
ZEEMED ZEE MEDIA CORPORATION LIMITED 2000 Exit

Abhinav Gupta: I will be really grateful if you can advise me on my portfolio. I have been holding this for a long time. Request your suggestions to rejig and provide a new life to my portfolio.

Ajit Mishra:

ASHOK LEYLAND LTD (ASHLEY) - 100 Shares @ Rs 81.72 Hold
AUROBINDO PHARMA LTD (AURPHA) - 300 Shares @ Rs 76.37 Hold
AXIS BANK LIMITED (AXIBAN) - 100 Shares @ Rs 228.63 Hold
CIPLA LIMITED (CIPLA) - 20 Shares @ Rs 169.92 Hold
COAL INDIA LIMITED (COALIN) - 20 Shares @ Rs 323.42 Hold
DISH TV INDIA LIMITED (DISHTV) - 150 Shares @ Rs 62.42 Exit
GATEWAY DISTRIPARKS LIMITED (GATDIS) - 112 Shares @ Rs 118.27 Exit
RELIANCE ETF GOLD BEES (GOLDEX) - 7700 Shares @ Rs 20.08 Hold
HAZOOR MULTI PROJECTS LIMITED (HAZMED) - 2100 Shares @ Rs 5.03 Exit
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (HCLTEC) - 120 Shares @ Rs 106.05 Hold
ICICI BANK LIMITED (ICIBAN) - 82 Shares @ Rs 161.19 Hold
INFOSYS LTD (INFTEC) - 241 Shares @ Rs 275.88 Hold
JAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LTD (JAIIRR) - 100 Shares @ Rs 96.73 Exit
LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED (LARTOU) - 33 Shares @ Rs 709.92 Hold
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES (RELIND) - 60 Shares @ Rs 435.47 Hold
SBI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD (SBILIF) - 42 Shares @ Rs 700 Hold
SUBEX LTD (SUBSYS) - 150 Shares @ Rs 186.43 Exit
SUPREME PETROCHEM LIMITED (SUPPET) - 100 Shares @ Rs 60.15 Exit
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD (TCS) - 20 Shares @ Rs 514.16 Hold
VIJAYA BANK (VIJBAN) - 100 Shares @ Rs 63.36 Exit

N Swaminathan: I am holding the following shares. Please advise. 

Ajit Mishra:

Gmr infra 500 Hold
ILFS 3000 Exit
Dhfl 300 Exit
Maruti Suzuki 20 Hold
Sjv n 300 Exit
Balakrishna paper 200 Exit
Sail 150 Hold
HMRC 500 Exit

Rahul Dulani: Please advise on these shares:

Ajit Mishra:

Shares Qty Rate  
AB CAPITAL 15 203 Exit
AJANTA PHARMA 9 1465 Hold
FC CONSUMER 50 62.6 Exit
MANGALAM 7 219 Hold
NFL 15 78 Exit
NCC 30 82 Hold
NPRFIN 20 41.72 Exit
PNB 17 116.15 Exit
PRSMJOHNSN 40 112 Exit
RELINFRA 5 563 Exit
SIMPLEXINF 6 593 Exit
SYNDIBANK 12 40 Exit

Anirban Mukherjee: Please give your valuable advice on my below portfolio stocks whether to hold, exit or average

Ajit Mishra:

UPL - 1000 @ 594 Hold
Coal India - 100@398 Hold
ONGC - 100@297 Hold
Lovable - 100@393 Exit
Nectar Life - 1000@37.5 Exit
Pudumjee Papaer - 1000@34.2 Exit
Nectar Life - 1000@37.5 Exit
RCF - 300@67 Exit
Zee Ent - 1000@329 Exit
strides - 50@890 Hold
Oil Country Tubular- 100@64 Exit
Liberty shoes - 1000@135 Hold
Mayur Uniquoters - 38 @235 Exit
Kohinoor Foods- 700@57 Exit
J.K Tyre - 1000@79 Hold

 

Anshuman Jha: I have below mentioned stock in my portfolio. Please suggest your valuable inputs.

Ajit Mishra:

Ashok Leyland 28 @ 111.68 Hold
BHEL 30 @ 67.43 Exit
Dewan Housing 10 @ 290 Exit
South Ind Bk 100 @ 14 Exit
SBI 40 @ 252.50 Hold
Tata Motors 10 @ 180.50 Hold
Yes Bank 10 @ 226.50 Hold

 


 

Utkarsh Desai: I hold the following shares in demat form. Please advise whether I should hold or exit. 

Ajit Mishra:

AB Capitals -250 Shares brought @239 - 2 Yrs 3 Months back Exit
AB Capitals -500 Shares brought @100 - 1 Months back Exit
Menon Bearings - 500 Shares brought @110 - 2 Yrs back Exit
Equitas Holdings 750 Shares brought @187 - 2 Yrs back Exit
Euro Multi vision 200 Shares brought @26 - 9 Yrs back Exit
Bandhan Bank 75 Shares brought @522 -1 Months back Hold
Ujjivan Finance 110 Shares brought @384 - 2 Yrs back Hold
Titan Company 100 Shares brought @1180 - 4 Months back Hold
HDFC Bank 100 Shares brought @1170 -3 Months back Hold
Star Cement 700 Shares brought @129 - 2 Yrs back Exit
HDFC AMC 10 Shares brought @ 3200 - Today Hold

Advise me on HDFC Life, Pidilite & Granules India. What will be the best level to enter in these three shares? Also recommend two companies with 3-9 months prospective.

Ajit Mishra:

 

HDFCLIFE: It’s looking strong on short-term chart, trading near its record high and has the potential to test 670+ mark. Support is at 610.

PIDILITIND: It has been showing strength despite volatility in the broader market. One can hold long position with SL at 1370 and target at 1440

GRANULES: It has been consolidating in a zone for past three months or so while holding firmly above the support zone of multiple moving averages on daily chart. Existing long can be hold with strict SL at 110 for the target of 165.

 

For 3-9 months of horizon, one can take fresh longs at GSPL and TECHM.


 

Ramesh: I hold the following stocks, please guide me for long term investment:

Ajit Mishra:

Apollo microsystems @69 Exit on rise
Apollo tyres.@180 Hold
Arvind Fashion @51 Exit on rise
Bank of baroda.@99 Exit on rise
BEL@89 Hold
BDL@260 Exit on rise
BRNL@82 Exit on rise
BSOFT@73 Exit on rise
Cadilachc@246 Hold
Deepak fertilizer @99 Exit on rise
DLink@78 Exit on rise
SDBL@122 Exit on rise
M&M@622 Hold
RHFL@26 Exit on rise
Reliance infrastructure @121 Exit on rise
National Aluminum @49 Hold
Neclife@16 Exit on rise
SAIL@45 Hold

S Mishra: My investment in IPO. Should I hold /exit?

Ajit Mishra:

IRB INFRA Exit
POWER GRID CO Hold
POWER FINANCE CO Exit
ADANI PORT Hold
VODA IDEA Hold
TATA STEEL Hold
REL POWER Exit
GEN INS CORPN Exit
COAL IND LTD Hold


Amit Arora: Please let me know about the following shares - Hold OR exit 

Ajit Mishra:

All Cargo 1000/- @95.20 Exit
Ballarpur Instt 50,000/- @.49 Exit
Gail 1000/- @ 117.68 Hold
Kpit 500/- @ 92.25 Exit
Karur vysya 1000/- @ 59.10 Exit
Mahindra & mahindra 100/- @ 515.43 Hold
NBCC 1000/- @ 37.37 Hold
Vodfone 1000/- @5.75 Hold


Priyank Joseph: Kindly give your recommendation based on long term view on followings stocks.

Ajit Mishra:

ABCL at 156 Exit
Apex at 531 Hold
Avanti feeds at 572 Hold
Asahi at 350 Exit
Hindustan zinc at 323 Hold
Nocil at 199 Hold
Page at 21789 Hold
Solar at 1133 Hold
Tata steel at 577 Hold
Venky at 2264 Hold

Helder Groen: I have bought in July 2017 to Dec. 2017 following shares: Please advise what to do next.

Ajit Mishra:

LUPIN @ 850 Average and Hold
GLENMARK @ 550 Hold
JK TYRE @105 Average and Hold
IDFC BANK @ 43 Exit

Purnima Kumar: I have been investing in stock market for around 3 years now and so far my consolidated returns have been around 23%. Please advise on following and also will help if you could tell me if I have to put 5 lac more where should I invest? Also advise on following shares:

Ajit Mishra:

Coal India 200 shares@296 Rs buy price Hold
Dabur 148@442 Hold
Lal Path 100@805 Hold
Federal Bank 1500@59 Hold
GE Power 100@919 Exit
Havell 100@783 Hold
HDFC Bank 380@574 Hold
IDFC First Bank 1833@52 Hold
IDFC Ltd 2568@57 Exit
ILFS Investment Manager 37500@15 Exit
IOCL 481@138 Hold
Infosys 618@538 Hold
Interglobe 170@894 Hold
ITC 421@251 Hold
IRCTC 150@734 Hold
Mastek 300@171 Exit
Nippon ETF Gold 4900@26 Hold
NTPC 240@136 Exit
Power Grid 602@166 Hold
RBL Bank 100@345 Exit
Reliance Power 843@45 Exit
Spicejet 1404@68 Exit
SBI 2326@220 Hold
Sun Pharma 200@414 Hold
Tata Motors 100@464 Hold
Titan 52@1212 Hold
VGuard 560@118 Hold

 

In addition, you can invest in stocks such as Britannia, Gujarat Gas, L&T, Tech Mahindra, Ramco Cements, Marico, Maruti and M&M.


Vimal Mallick: I am holding the following scrips in my portfolio, please give your recommendation on Hold/Sell, I am a long term investor, say 4-8 years.

 

Ajit Mishra:

ANANT RAJ 1000 @ 70 Exit on rise
AUROBINDO PHARMA 125 @ 880 Hold
AUTOMOTIVE AXLE 60 @ 1348 Hold
AVANTI FEEDS 164 @ 666 Hold
D MART 50 @1439 Hold
BHARAT DYNAMICS LTD 150 @ 301 Exit on rise
IIFL FINANCE 210 @ 609 Exit on rise
ION EXCHANGE 64 @ 773 Exit on rise
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK 35 @ 1400 Hold
PNB HOUSING FINANCE 135 @ 1422 Hold
SOMANY CERAMICS 180 @ 595 Exit on rise
YES BANK 1655 @ 163 Hold

Pankajj: Please suggest on following stock

Ajit Mishra:

IRCTC Hold
BANDHAN BANK Hold
HDFC LIFE Hold
NATIONAL INSURANCE Exit on rise
GENERAL INSURANCE  Hold
RELIANCE POWER  Exit

Raj Kapoor: I have following share in my account. Please suggest you advice (time horizon 1.5-2 year)

Ajit Mishra:

Adani Green Energy - 750 @ 89 Hold
Mauriya Udyog - 300 @ 269 Exit on rise
KEI Industries - 500 @ 310 Hold
Maruti Suzuki - 20 @ 5900 Hold
Reliance Industries - 26 @ 1110 Hold

 


Ravish Nair: Please advise on the stocks which i have held for long term.

Ajit Mishra:

Everest Kanto Cylinder- 427 shares @ 42 Exit on rise
Signet Industries- 245 shares @ 79 Exit on rise
Jai corporation- 20 share @ 160 Exit on rise
Skipper Ltd- 101 share @ 111 Exit on rise

Jaideep Nair: Please advise on the following stocks in my portfolio: Shall I hold or sell? What are the long term prospects for these companies?

Ajit Mishra:

Mastek - 1000 @ Rs. 360 Hold
Majesco - 1000 @ Rs. 380 Exit on rise
Finolex Cables - 500 @ Rs. 430 Hold
Wabco India - 100 @ Rs. 6805 Hold
Sundaram Clayton - 100 @ Rs. 3151 Exit on rise

 


Ravi Pedulwar: Following is my holding, please provide your suggestion on this stock, sir please suggest shall I average YES BANK, M&M, GRAPHITE INDIA, & INDIA BULLS HOUSING.

Ajit Mishra:

1-Ashok Leyland - 150 qty - Average Price -82.30 Hold
2-BHEL -150 qty - Average price -57.79 Exit
3-DHFL -65 QTY -Average price -96.85 Exit
4-Graphite india -27 qty -Average price -607.09 Exit
5-HDFCAMC -3 QTY -Average price-3226.67 Hold
6-IDFC FIST BANK -100qty - Average price - 45.60 Exit
7-Indiabulls hous -22 qty Average price - 528.10 Exit
8-LT - 3 QTY -Average price -1317.50 Hold
9-M&M -60 qty - Average price -635.08 Average & Hold
10-Tata power -339 qty -Average price -57.20 Exit
11-TATA STEEL - 12 QTY - Average price -502.17 Hold
12-Titancompany - 3 qty -Average price -1162.32 Hold
13-YES BANK - 300 QTY - Average price -79.44 Exit

 


Satish: I am holding the below mentioned following shares. Should I hold or sell these shares. Also please advise which company shares to buy for long term?

Ajit Mishra:

L & T: 150 shares @ Rs. 1333 per share. Purchased in July 2019 Hold
Laxmi Machine: 75 shares @ Rs. 3666 per share. Purchased in July 2019 Hold
Tata Steel: 400 shares @ Rs. 363 per share. Purchased in July 2019 Hold


Also you can invest in companies such as Britannia, Gujarat Gas, TCS, Tech Mahindra, Ramco Cements, Dabur, Maruti and M&M.


Dotty Lobo: I am holding following shares. Kindly advise whether I should hold or exit:

Ajit Mishra:

VIP Industries 54 shares  Hold
Suzlon 300 shares Exit
Axis Bank 50 shares Hold
Castrol 50 shares  Exit
Vedanta 100 shares Hold
ICICI Bank 200 Shares Hold
TCS 50 shares Hold
Manappuram 100 shares Hold
DLF 50 shares Hol
Reliance Inds 50 shares Hold

Ajit Mishra is vice president, Research, Religare Broking. He can be reached at ajit.mishra@religare.com


Disclaimer: This article is meant for information purpose only. This article and information do not constitute a distribution, an endorsement, an investment advice, an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities/schemes or any other financial products /investment products mentioned in this QnA or an attempt to influence the opinion or behaviour of the investors /recipients.

Any use of the information /any investment and investment related decisions of the investors/recipients are at their sole discretion and risk. Any advice herein is made on a general basis and does not take into account the specific investment objectives of the specific person or group of persons. Opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice.

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