Stocks on brokerages’ radar for December 18

Several brokerage houses issued recommendations on various stocks. Motilal Oswal recommended buying Kirloskar Oil Engines, while ICICI Securities suggested buying PVR Inox, Sun TV, and Zee Entertainment. InCred Equities favored Persistent Systems, and Emkay Global gave mixed recommendations on metal stocks, selling Hindalco but buying Nalco and Vedanta. JM Financial recommended buying Piramal Pharma.