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Share Market Today: Pressure on Sensex-Nifty! 'These' stocks recommended by experts to buy, know in detail
Samira Vishwas | August 18, 2026 3:24 PM CST

  • Signs of a weak start for Indian benchmark indices
  • Expert recommendation to buy shares of Radico Khaitan Limited, Ajanta Pharma Limited, L&T Finance Limited
  • Domestic stock indices closed lower in the previous session

India Share Market Update: Looking at the mixed cues in global markets, major indices of the Indian stock market, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open lower today, August 18. The trend of Gift Nifty also indicated a weak start for the Indian benchmark index. Gift Nifty was trading at around 24,310.5 points, down 82.2 points from the previous closing price of Nifty futures. Domestic stock indices closed lower in the previous session, with the benchmark Nifty 50 closing below the 24,300 level. The Sensex closed down 281.09 points, or 0.36 percent, at 77,728.16, while the Nifty 50 fell 78.35 points, or 0.32 percent, to settle at 24,287.65.

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Chandan Taparia, Head, Derivatives & Technical, Wealth Management Division, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, recommends three stocks for investors to buy today. The stocks selected by Taparia include Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), KEI Industries and Oberoi Realty. In today's trading, Indian stock market investors can focus on shares such as Paytm, Bharti Airtel, Netweb Technologies, Lupine, SpiceJet, Lloyds Engineering Works Limited, Sankarhun Motherson International, Manipal Health Enterprises, Highway Infrastructure, DCX Systems. (Photo Courtesy – AI Created)

Stock market experts Sumeet Bagdia, Ganesh Dongre and Anand Rathi, senior managers of technical research at Choice Broking have recommended eight stocks for investors to buy in today's trade. These stocks picked by experts include Radico Khaitan Limited, Ajanta Pharma Limited, L&T Finance Limited, Aditya Birla Capital Limited, ICICI Bank Limited, TVS Motor Company Limited, Thermax Limited and Siemens Energy India Limited.

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Vaishali Parekh, vice-president of technical research at Prabhudas Lilladhar, has selected three stocks for investors to buy and sell today: Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Godrej Properties and TVS Motor Company. Sumeet Bagdia, Executive Director, Choice Broking today recommends investors to buy shares of Concorde Biotech, Caffeine Technologies, KEI Industries, Oberoi Realty and Finolex Cables.

(Note: The information in the above article is based on individual analysts and experts. Navarashtra.com does not make any claim. We advise investors to consult certified experts about stocks before taking any investment decision.)


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