{"id":2610,"date":"2026-02-17T03:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2026-02-17T03:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:48:08","slug":"128446182-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2610","title":{"rendered":"Top stocks to buy today: Stock market recommendations for February 17, 2026 &#8211; check list &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128446238,imgsize-53248,width-400,resizemode-4\/top-stocks-to-buy.jpg\" alt=\"Top stocks to buy today: Stock market recommendations for February 17, 2026 - check list\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Top stocks to buy (AI image)&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Top stocks to buy (AI image)\"><\/p>\n<p>Top stocks to buy (AI image)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Stock market recommendations<\/span><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">: <\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">NTPC<\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">, <\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Power Finance Corporation<\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">, and <\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Union Bank of India<\/span><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> are the top stock picks by Somil Mehta, Head &#8211; Alternate Research, Capital Market Strategy, Mirae Asset Sharekhan for February 17, 2026. Let\u2019s take a look:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">NTPC &#8211; Buy in the range between Rs 368 &amp; Rs 369; Stop Loss: Rs 335; Target: Rs 430<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>NTPC is consolidating in a broad range from last week above the short term average 20 &amp; 40 Daily moving average. <!-- -->In the weekly time frame closing above the previous swing high i.e. 364 and also Giving a descending trendline breakout.<!-- --> The stock is expected to resume the uptrend. Momentum Indicators are positive showing strength. Key resistance at 381 and support is at 350.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">PFC &#8211; Buy in the range between Rs 411 &amp; Rs 412;  Stop Loss: Rs 375; Target: Rs 480 <\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Power Finance Corporation has broken out of a consolidation on the daily chart forming higher top and higher bottom. <!-- -->In the weekly time frame the stock has given a descending trendline breakout by taking support from 20 DEMA i.e. 396 and the stock is expected to resume the uptrend. Momentum Indicators are positive showing strength. Key resistance at 430 and support is at 400.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Union Bank of India &#8211;  Buy in the range between Rs 183 &amp; Rs 184; Stop Loss: Rs 164; Target: Rs 220<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Union Bank of India is showing a consolidation zone breakout by taking support from the 20 DEMA. Stock is trading above short term average 20 &amp; 40 Daily Exponential Moving Averages. The stock is expected to resume the uptrend. Momentum Indicators are positive showing strength. Key resistance at 205 and support is at 170<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(Disclaimer: Recommendations and views on the stock market, other asset classes or personal finance management tips given by experts are their own. These opinions do not represent the views of The Times of India)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/top-stock-recommendations-for-february-17-2026-ntpc-power-financecorporation-union-bank-of-india-stocks-to-buy-today\/articleshow\/128446182.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top stocks to buy (AI image) Stock market recommendations: NTPC, Power Finance Corporation, and Union&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7440,7441,2180,2185,2184,7442],"class_list":["post-2610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ntpc","tag-power-finance-corporation","tag-stock-market-recommendations","tag-stocks-in-news","tag-top-stocks-to-buy-today","tag-union-bank-of-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}