Expert picks for week-starting 22-5-06

Stay away from F&O market

SP Tulsian, Investment Advisor: Cement, non-ferrous, hotel, sugar are the stocks will look good
Sectors like cement, non-ferrous, hotel, sugar look good. Stocks like
Indian Hotel, Bajaj Hindustan, Reliance Industries, Reliance Petroleum, Hindalco, Sterlite Industries, Century Textiles, Morarjee Realty can be looked at.

Upendra Kulkarni, Fortress Financial:Good opportunities in large caps, but on correction
IT sector and Century Textiles, Infosys, TCS are good picks but once the market settles down.

Sumit Rohra, Antique Stock Broking:Investors should selectively look at buying because the 10,500 will give support to the market.Selectively buy blue chips because they will good returns. Once can look at Reliance, Infosys, TCS, Hinduja TMT, Kernex Microsystem, Micro Technologies, Prime Properties, IndusInd Bank.

Sudarshan Sukhani, Technical analyst: One must hold SBI, RIL, ONGC and Satyam in their portfolio.

Sanjay Dutt, Quantum Securities: SBI worth an investment after a correction.Banking, technology and textiles look positive.

Mihir Vora, ABN AMRO AMC:In terms of pure valuations PSU banks and metals are cheapest at this point in the market. In terms of growth adjusted valuations, I would say IT is a sector that is looking good at this point in time.