{"id":212572,"date":"2026-08-20T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=212572"},"modified":"2026-08-19T17:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:41:28","slug":"intraday-stocks-for-today-20082026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/intraday-stocks-for-today-20082026\/","title":{"rendered":"Intraday Stocks for Today: Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank and TCS, Analyst Top Picks 20 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nifty 50 closed 24,078.30 on 19 Aug. INFY target Rs 1,140\/SL Rs 1,104. KOTAKBANK target Rs 398\/SL Rs 384. TCS target Rs 2,330\/SL Rs 2,255.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The best these picks on 20 August 2026 are Infosys (target Rs 1,140, SL Rs 1,104), Kotak Mahindra Bank (target Rs 398, SL Rs 384) and TCS (target Rs 2,330, SL Rs 2,255), flagged by Ankit Jaiswal and Kunal Singla of Univest based on 19 August close data and the Thursday weekly options expiry setup. The Nifty 50 closed at 24,078.30 (-0.32%) and VIX at 11.31 on 19 August 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The best these picks<\/strong> on 20 August 2026 are drawn from a market that showed selective resilience on 19 August, with the Nifty 50<\/a> closing at 24,078.30 (-0.32%) and the Bank Nifty<\/a> virtually unchanged at 57,239.75 (-0.04%). IT stocks Infosys (+0.43%) and TCS (+0.39%) led the recovery, while Kotak Mahindra Bank (+0.67%) outperformed among banking heavyweights. India VIX fell to 11.31 (-0.70%), reaching its lowest level in recent sessions and signalling a calm environment for today’s intraday stocks session.<\/p>\n

Ankit Jaiswal, Senior Research Analyst at Univest, has flagged Infosys and Kotak Mahindra Bank as the these picks, citing consecutive-session IT recovery momentum and KOTAKBANK’s breakout from 19 August’s Bank Nifty underperformance. Kunal Singla, Associate Director at Univest, has added TCS to today’s intraday watchlist as the second IT leg of the recovery play. Critically, 20 August is a Thursday NSE weekly expiry day with maximum open interest at Nifty 24,000 and Bank Nifty 57,000, creating additional intraday volatility opportunities around these key OI concentration levels.<\/p>\n

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