After the Indian indices slide over more than 350 points on yesterday, equity investors are in limbo whether the markets would go upward or downward as the Indian inices are at their support leve and anything can happen if the market open 30-35 points up or down. so, both bull and bear are having a close look at Thursday market opening. On the basis of that, equity experts are advising market investors to go with stocks that have strong fundamentals. Here are the stocks the experts have advised investors to think before making any investment decision:

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1] Zensar Technologies

Zensar delivered robust revenue growth but margin performance was subdued. Revenue stood at $143.7mn (+4.0% QoQ, +4.5% CC) higher than our estimate of $141mn led by core business (+6.0% QoQ). Growth was led by sustained recovery in Cloud and Infrastructure Services (CIS) business (+16.9% QoQ, 17% of rev). EBITDA margin was below our estimate,
contracted 204bps to 10.8% led by large deal transition impact, higher sub-con expenses and drop in utilisation.

Asked about the suggetion on the stock Apurva Prasad, Analyst, HDFC Securities told Zee Business online, "the stock is at around Rs 225 levels and we advise to buy this stock for the target of Rs 300."

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2] ITC

Ciggerette revenue of the ITC grew by 10 per cent (5 per cent in third quarter of FY18 and 10 per cent in two quarters of FY19) against expected of 8.5 per cent. Company's cigarette business volume too grew by around 6 per cent which is on the expected lines. Margins ITC's EBITDA grew by 11 per cent to Rs 43.3bn against expected of Rs 43.6bn. 

Siddhant Chhabria, Analyst, HDFC Securities told, "ITC's FMCG EBIT margins stood at 2.4 per cent (1.6 per cent in 3QFY18 and 1.8 per cent in two quarters of FY19). Paper EBIT grew by 24 per cent." He went on to add that company's other income grew by 33 per cent. APAT was up by 14 per cent to Rs 32.09bn against the expectation of Rs 31.3bn." 

On suggestion to the traders Chabaria of HDFC Securities told,  "We recommend to buy the strip for the target of Rs 383 in mid-term perspective." The strip closed at Rs 276 levels today, which means if an investor buys this strip around this levels he or she can expect nera 35 per cent returns on their investment.

3] Shree Cement

Shree Cement (SRCM IN) reported an EBITDA of Rs 6.90bn against our estimates of Rs 6.18bn and the Street’s Rs 6.24bn. The numbers were better than our estimates as the company had booked incentives of Rs 0.8bn. Net sales rose 21% YoY to Rs 27.8bn on higher cement volume. EBITDA margin improved by 180bp YoY to 24.8%. Adjusted net profit posted a decrease of 4.6% YoY to Rs 2.9bn, due to a sharp increase in depreciation and interest.

On advise to the market investors Ravi Sodah, Analyst at Elara Securities told Zee Business online, "We recommend investors to buy the stock for the target prie of Rs 17,988." The stock closed at Rs 16,070 levels on Wednesday.

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4] L&T Infotech

L&T Infotech (LTI) posted strong revenue (broad-based across verticals/geo) and steady operating performance. Strong momentum in non-top-5 accounts (65.5% of rev) at 8.4% QoQ, while top-5 (34.5% of rev) decelerated to 0.6% QoQ. Revenue came at USD 347mn, 6.1/20.6% QoQ/YoY in CC terms. EBITDA% was flat QoQ at 20.6% with lower gross margin, offset by SG&A leverage. APAT at Rs 3.76bn, -6.2% QoQ was impacted by Fx loss of Rs 60mn (against forex gain of Rs 711mn in 2Q).

On suggestions for traders, Amit Chandra, Analyst, HDFC Securities told, "We recommend investors to buy the stock for the target price of Rs 2240." The stock closed at Rs 1753 levels on Wednesday.

5] L&T Finance Holdings

On the basis of commendable operative performance in adverse scenario, experts bet high on this stock. Rajiv Mehta, Analyst at Yes Securities told, "We recommend investors to buy the stock and book profit after 12-15 per cent rise from current levels." the stock closed at Rs 136.60 on Wednesday.