50 stocks that you can BUY for 2013

Here is a list of stocks spanning various sectors that brokerages and research houses across the country are recommending for 2013

Indian equity markets have witnessed overseas inflows of nearly $23 billion in the year 2012, making the benchmark indices - the Sensex and Nifty - the third best-performing index after Thailand's SET and Germany's DAX.

Most experts believe that the next calendar year, 2013, does hold promise with the equity segment witnessing an increased retail participation, which inturn, may push the Sensex to new highs in the coming year.

Smart Investor's Aastha Agnihotri spoke to a host of analysts across leading research houses and brokerages across the country for their stock picks for 2013. (See table below)
 

Auto / Auto Ancillary	BUY	M&M, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Exide Industries
Banking	BUY	SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Federal Bank, Dena Bank, IndusInd Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, Yes Bank
Capital Goods	BUY	Havells India, Symphony Ltd, BHEL, Larsen & Toubro, Bharat Forge, Thermax, Va Tech Wabag, Cummins India
Cement	BUY	Madras Cement, JP Associates
Consumer Durables	BUY	Astral Polytech, , Raymond, Mcleod Russel
	HOLD	Bata India, Titan Industries
FMCG	BUY	ITC
	HOLD	Hindustan Unilever
Healthcare/Pharma	BUY	Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, Wockhardt, Fortis Healthcare, Lupin, Cadila, Strides Arcolab, Natco Pharma
IT	BUY	TCS, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, Wipro
Media & Entertainment	BUY	Zee Entertainment, Dish TV, TV18
Metal	BUY	NMDC, JSW Steel, Hindustan Zinc, Tata Steel
NBFCs	BUY	Reliance Capital, L&T Finance Holdings,HDFC, IDFC
Power	BUY	PFC, REC
Realty	BUY	DLF
Shipping	BUY	Adani Ports & SEZ
Telecom	SELL	Reliance Communications