Indian equity benchmarks are likely to make a positive start on Monday amid cautious gains across global markets, as investors remained cautious contemplating the implications of a potential imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. At 8:48 am, Singapore Exchange (SGX) Nifty futures -- an early indicator of the Nifty50 benchmark index -- were up 103 points or 0.6 percent at 16,942.

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Equities in other Asian markets rose, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan holding up 0.1 percent at the last count. China's Shanghai Composite was up 0.4 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Sang flat and Japan's Nikkei 225 down 0.3 percent. South Korea's KOSPI was down 0.1 percent and Singapore's Straits Times flat.

S&P 500 futures were up 0.3 percent. On Monday, the the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 declined about half a percent lower each and the technology stocks-heavy Nasdaq Composite flat.

CNBC-TV18’s in-house panel of experts has picked a list of stocks for investors to buy/sell in trade today. Here are the top buy-sell calls by market experts:

Mitessh Thakkar of earningwaves.com

Sell Adani Ports for a target of Rs 670 with a stop loss at Rs 712

Sell GMR Infra for a target of Rs 37.5 with a stop loss at Rs 40

Sell IDFC First Bank for a target of Rs 40.5 with a stop loss of Rs 44.8

Buy ABFRL for a target of Rs 277 with a stop loss at Rs 263

Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com

Sell SAIL with a stop loss at Rs 100

Sell Ambuja Cement with a stop loss at Rs 365

Buy Bajaj Auto with a stop loss at Rs 3,400

Buy ONGC with a stop loss at Rs 160

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