{"id":205277,"date":"2026-08-17T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=205277"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:26:35","slug":"intraday-stocks-for-today-17-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/intraday-stocks-for-today-17-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Intraday Stocks for Today, 17 August 2026: Airtel Rs 2,000 Breakout, ICICI Bank Day 7 Rotation and Reliance Catch-Up Lead Monday’s Three Analyst Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mon 17 Aug 2026. Last close (Fri 14 Aug): Nifty 24,354.85. Airtel Rs 1,992 (+2.73%!). ICICI Rs 1,412.40 (+0.40%). Reliance Rs 1,308.70 (-0.63%). 3-day Independence Day break ends.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The top intraday stocks for today, 17 August 2026 are Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries \u2014 flagged by Ankit Jaiswal and Kunal Singla of Univest based on Friday 14 August closing data, the last session before the three-day Independence Day break. Airtel crossed Rs 2,000 intraday on Friday (H: Rs 2,005.80) in an institutional re-rating; ICICI Bank finally reversed two sessions of distribution with an open-low-to-close-high recovery (+0.40%); and Reliance fell -0.63% on equity-market distribution while its O2C margins and gas KG-D6 realization actually improved. Check GIFT Nifty above 24,420 at 9 AM today before entering any intraday stocks for today position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The intraday stocks for today<\/strong> for Monday 17 August 2026 open in a market that has been closed since Friday 3:30 PM \u2014 72 hours of global news, NASDAQ direction, Iran crude deal developments and Independence Day sentiment all condensed into today’s opening gap. When markets reopen after a three-day break, the first 15-minute candle carries the weight of everything that couldn’t be priced during the holiday. Ankit Jaiswal, Senior Research Analyst at Univest, has identified Airtel and Reliance Industries as today’s intraday stocks for today from Friday’s closing data, and Kunal Singla, Associate Director at Univest, flags ICICI Bank as the primary banking trade among today’s intraday stocks for today.<\/p>\n

Friday 14 August gave today’s intraday stocks for today the week’s clearest directional signals: Airtel crossed Rs 2,000 intraday for the first time in its history (H: Rs 2,005.80, +2.73%), confirming an ARPU Rs 261 institutional re-rating; ICICI Bank reversed two days of -1.74% distribution with an open-low-to-close-high recovery (+0.40%) that sets up today’s decisive fourth Rs 1,435 breakout attempt; and Reliance Industries fell -0.63% purely on broad market distribution while crude oil’s O2C margins and natural gas KG-D6 realization both improved. These three setups \u2014 momentum, rotation and catch-up \u2014 represent the three most actionable intraday stocks for today stories for today’s session.<\/p>\n

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