For today, Parekh recommended three buy-or-sell stocks: IFCI Ltd, Lloyds Engineering Works Ltd, and Castrol India Ltd.
IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 723.07 points or 0.91% to 80,197.46. The Nifty 50 index added 213.40 points or 0.88% to 24,426.70.