Motilal Oswal Financial Services has reiterated a BUY on LG Electronics India, lifting its target to Rs 2,000 against a market price of Rs 1,730, an upside of about 16 percent.

Motilal Oswal has reiterated a BUY call on Jio Financial Services, with a target price of Rs 315, implying meaningful upside from the current market price of Rs 23

Shriram Finance shares were in high demand as NSE NIFTY 50 was trading 2.2 percent higher. Shriram Finance touched intraday high at Rs 965 at the time of publication of this report.

Avenue Supermarts, Reliance Industries, MCX, Wipro, BSE India, ICICI General Insurance, Swiggy were among major gainers despite overall weakness in the Indian markets.

Reliance Industries, Adani Ports, Petronet LNG, Bluestar Voltas, Cummins India and Bandhan Bank shares gained as buying returned to markets after yesterday's strong sell-off.