Stock recommendations for 17 July from MarketSmith India

Indian benchmarks ended flat on July 16, 2026, with BSE Sensex up 1 point at 77,186.87 and Nifty 50 slipping 6 points to 24,072.75 amid weak global cues and US-Iran tensions. Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed, while Nifty Consumer Durables (+1.48%) and Nifty IT (+0.67%) led sectoral gains. MarketSmith India issued buy recommendations on Tourism Finance Corp of India (target INR 95, stop loss INR 79) and Paisalo Digital (target INR 82, stop loss INR 71), citing technical breakouts.