'Dear Ajit: Need your advice on mid- and small-caps'

'I have some mid-cap and small cap shares. Please advise.'

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Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:

Abdul Sattar: I am holding the following shares: Can you please suggest if I can hold/ switch/sell?

Ajit Mishra:

ALANKIT - Exit
CREDITACC - Exit
DCAL - Exit
EICHERMOTOR- Hold
ENGINERSIN- Hold
GPTINFRA- Exit
INOXLEISUR- Hold
KILPEST- Exit
MANINDS- Exit
PODDARMENT- Exit
RELIANCE- Hold
SAURASHCEM- Exit
SINTEX- Exit
UPL- Hold

Rebecca Irkal: Dear sir I have following shares in my portfolio kindly review and advise to hold or exit. I can hold it next 10 years.

Ajit Mishra:

1. SBI - 100 - Hold

2. HDFC - 10 - Hold

3. HDFC Bank - 140- Hold

4. HDFC Amc - 15- Hold

5. HDFC LIFE - 250- Hold

6. L AND T - 365- Hold

7. L AND T FINANCE - 700- Hold

8. L AND T TECHNOLOGY- 16- Hold

9. RIL - 350- Hold

10. Infosys - 425- Hold

11. TCS - 200- Hold

12. Wipro - 20- Hold

13. Tech Mahindra - 30- Hold

14. D Mart - 80- Hold

15. Pidilite Industries- 50- Hold

16. Escorts - 65- Hold

17. HUL - 35- Hold

18. Eicher motors - 35- Hold

19. Havells India Ltd. - 15- Hold

20. Sun pharma - 30- Hold

21. Strides pharma - 20- Hold

22. Dabur India - 30- Hold

23. IRTC - 50- Hold

24. Berger king - 1100- Hold

25. Axis bank - 30- Hold

26. Tata steel - 50- Hold

27. Titan Industries - 50- Hold

28. Tata Consumable products - 50- Hold

29. Asian Paints - 50- Hold

SANJAY KUMAR AGRAWAL: I am having following stocks. Pl advice

Ajit Mishra:

Rico Auto 50 @ 35.00- Exit

HDFC AMC 10 @ 1100- Hold

ICICI Pru life 50@ 334- Hold

Girishankar S: I am holding below shares; please confirm whether to hold this at the moment or exit

Ajit Mishra:

Good Year – 819 shares at 1126/-- Hold
Coal India – 8000 Shares at 151.44/- Exit
Tide water oil – 74 shares at 5097 /- Hold
Chemcon speciality chemicals – 300 shares at 617/-- Hold
CSB Bank – 300 shares at 293 /-- Hold
MRF –3 shares at 87617/-- Hold

archana dixit: Am holding TFCIL 3700 shares @ 60/- since long. kindly advise EXIT or HOLD

Ajit Mishra: Exit

Mohd Lateefuddin: I am holding the following stocks. Please advise.

Ajit Mishra:

TATA Motors -- 28 @ Rs.266/-- Hold
Sun Pharmaceuticals -- 100 @ Rs.608/-- Hold
India Bulls Housing Finance Ltd., -- 108 @ Rs.139/- Exit
YES Bank -- 50 @ Rs.141/- - Hold if under lock in

Bhanwar Singh Rana: What I should do with following shares which I am holding from many years?

Ajit Mishra:

1. Fortis Healthcare ltd. 200 purchased @180- Can’t comment due to compliance

2. GIC 52 @140- Exit

3. Idfc First bank 300 @ 60- Hold

4. Indostar cap finance 100 @600 - Exit

5. Jspl 250@ 154- Hold

6. L&T finance 500@167- Hold

7. Mcx 12@ 600- Hold

8. Nbcc 500 @154- Exit

9. NMDC 240@- Hold

10. NTPC 300 @ 120- Hold

11. ONGC 126 @ 98- Hold

12. OIL INDIA 100 @ 112- Hold

13. Phillips Carbon black 100@ 220 - Hold

14. PNB 200@62- Exit

15. REC LTD 160@110- Hold

16. SPENSOR RETAIL LTD. 200 @ 79- Exit

Harshad Shah: Please provide your valuable opinion on following stocks that I hold. Should I hold or sell? I am a very small investor. Long term investment.

Ajit Mishra:

Stock	Buying Price	Today's Profit / Loss %	Hold/ Sell
IDBI Bank Ltd.	35.2	-16.48	- Exit
Reliance Capital	7.85	41.27	- Exit
Reliance Com	1.8	8.89	- Exit
Reliance Home Fin	1.8	34.44	- Exit
Reliance Industries	2,253.95	-10.29	- Hold
Reliance Infrastructure	23	32.39	- Exit
Reliance Power L	2.75	25.82	- Exit
UTI AMC	554	3.69	Prefer HDFC AMC, But can Hold.

ashok nayak: I have the following scripts in my portfolio purchased a long time ago (prior to January 2018). Look forward to your advice on the same:

Ajit Mishra:

REC- Hold
NBCC- Exit
EIL- Exit
Sutlej Textiles- Exit
Cals Refineries- Exit
Surya Roshni- Exit
Renuka Sugar- Exit
Container Corporation of India- Hold
India Metals- Exit
IRB- Exit
Tata Steel- Hold

Kinjal Kantawala: dear sir, pl advice for next 3 years - hold or not

Ajit Mishra:

1. reliance ind ltd @ 1000/-- Hold

2. idfrc first bank ltd @ 60/-- Hold

Ranjan Kumar Ghosal: Pl advice about the following stocks

Ajit Mishra:

HCL 38 @ 963.55- Hold

DEEPAK NITRITE 18 @ 1899.35 - Hold

CIPLA 12 @ 817.20 - Hold

DR REDDY'S 2 @ 5015 - Hold

GRASIM 8 @ 1405- Hold

HINDUSTAN ZINC 33 @ 306.65- Hold

BANDHAN BANK 35 @ 317.57- Hold

HDFC 4 @ 2675 - HoldCADILA 15 @ 621.50 - Hold

IOL 15 @ 666 - Hold

FINE ORGANIC 4 @ 3170- Hold

Vedantam SSRB: Please advise whether to hold or exit the following:

Ajit Mishra:

1. Kalyan Jewellers 172 87 68- Hold
2. RCI Industries 1000 11.52 10.45- Exit
3. Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores 10 1585 1510 - Exit
4. Suryoday Small Finance 49 305 223- Exit

Sai Prasad B: I have below shares. Please recommend whether to hold / exit, and what to buy next.

Ajit Mishra:

AWHCL / 10 / 269.00- Exit
HAPPSTMNDS / 17 / 381.88- Hold
BESTAGRO / 10 / 308.00- Exit
ZEELEARN / 500 / 10.90- Exit
HATHWAY / 1000 / 34.80- Exit
BHARTIARTL / 50 / 468.00- Hold
ITC / 75 / 180.50- Hold

Sohan Jalan: I have below mid cap and small cap shares. Please advice me on that.

Ajit Mishra:

Shilpa Medicare Ltd ---- 400 shares @506 - Hold

Prakash Pipes ---- 1000 shares @ 167 – Prefer Finolex pipes

Please advice on these shares.

Arun Ambrose: Request your expert advise on the following stocks, whether to hold or exit etc. I'm looking for a 4 year investment to be precise and would like your guidance:

Ajit Mishra:

Happiest Minds - Hold

HUL- Hold

RIL- Hold

L&TFH- Hold

L&T- Hold

Infy- Hold

ITC- Hold

Motherson Sumi- Hold

UPL- Hold

Tata Steel- Hold

BEL- Hold

Cadillac Health- Hold

ICICI Bank- Hold

Uttam Sugar - Exit

NMDC- Hold

Tata Motors- Hold

India Hotels- Hold

Jindal Pankaj: Kindly advice and oblige. I have following share in my portfolio. I need you advice on Exit/Hold/Buy-More:

Ajit Mishra:

Indian Railway Fincorp @ 26/-- Hold

Yes Bank @16.5/- Hold if under lock in

Alkyl Amines Chemicals @ 3600/-Hold

Ultramarine & pigment @ 340/-- Exit

JayPee Infra @ 2.0/-- Exit

Jaypee Power @ 3.30/-- Exit

Sanwaria Consumer @1.8/-- Exit

Coal India @181/-- Exit

Mishra Dhatu Nigam @201/-- Hold

Cadilla Healthcare @607/-- Hold

Suzlon @ 6.10/-- Exit

RIL @2008/-- Hold

Trent @831/-- Hold

Vodafone @11.7/-- Exit

Please mail your questions to getahead@rediff.co.in with the subject line 'Ask Ajit', along with your name, and Mr Ajit Mishra will offer his unbiased views.

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