OMCs recover after two-day sell-off; HPCL jumps 6%, IOCL, Gail gain 4% each

Shares of oil & gas and state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) rose in the early morning deals on Monday, after witnessing heavy sell-off in the last two trading sessions.

At 09:52 am, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) was trading nearly six and a half per cent higher at Rs 176 a piece on BSE while Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) was trading at Rs 274, up 3.32 per cent. Shares of IndianOil was trading over 4 per cent higher at Rs 123.05.

Investor confidence in public sector oil and gas companies and OMCs took a massive hit last week after the government announced cut in excise duties in petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2.50 per litre and asked the refiners to absorb a Re 1 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel.

After the announcement, global brokerages such as Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Global Markets downgraded the stocks saying the imposition of price controls was an 'unequivocal negative' that underscores 'high political risk' associated with state-owned enterprises.

Buy GAIL with a target of Rs 397, stop loss of Rs 375: Anand Rathi Research

Nifty outlook and top trading ideas by Jay Anand Thakkar, CMT -Assistant Vice President - Equity Research, Anand Rathi Research:

NIFTY: BUY
Target: 11,420
Stop Loss: 11,085
Nifty closed in the negative territory in the last trading session in the last trading session and it has broken the previous swing low of 11,250 levels which is a negative reversal. The Index has started to form lower tops and lower bottoms and so now till the previous swing high is not taken off then trend remains down. The resistance on the upside is pegged at 11,525 levels whereas the support is pegged at 11,085 levels.

DEEPAK NITRATE - BUY
Target - Rs 329
Stop Loss - Rs 276
The stock has started to form higher tops and higher bottom with a reversal in its momentum indicator MACD. The Stock seems to have started wave III of wave 5 up.

TECH MAHINDRA - BUY
Target - Rs 794
Stop Loss - Rs 755
The stock has been rising in an upward sloping parallel channel with an increase in volumes and buy crossover in its momentum indicator MACD. The wave III of wave 5 up seems to have started.

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