NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Market strategists reviewed stocks in the oil, semiconductor, financial and technology sectors, recommending companies such as Exxon Mobil and Altera.
As the markets sank at midday Monday, recent guests on CNNfn commented on the stocks they are buying and why.
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 KATE WARNE'S STOCK PICKS:
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BPA
XOM
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"BP Amoco (BPA: Research, Estimates) is a good buy right now. Basically as oil prices rise, everybody buys the drillers, the exploration and production companies, the ones that are most sensitive to a rise in crude oil prices. But as we get to this point in cycle, where oil prices may move a little higher, but they are likely to be on a downward trend, right stocks to be looking at are the integrated oils. The ones that also refine and sell at the pump. BP Amoco is one of those companies, so while it didn't do too well over the past year, it should do quite well going forward," said Kate Warne, oil and energy analyst at Edward Jones.
"Exxon Mobil (XOM: Research, Estimates) should do slightly better than BP, because its business has even more of refining and retail component compared to what's call the exploration and production. The part where they produce and sell crude oil."
BP Amoco is trading down $4 to $54.31 with a 52-week high of $62.62 and a 52-week low of $43.12.
Exxon Mobile is trading down 88 cents to $88.69 with a 52-week high of $95.43 and a 52-week low of $69.87.
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ERIC ROSS' STOCK PICKS:
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VECO
ALTR
XLNX
ADI
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"Number one for me is Veeco Instruments (VECO: Research, Estimates). Veeco supplies, actually equipment to make optical equipment such as thin film heads and semiconductors. A number 2 would be Altera (ALTR: Research, Estimates). They're trailing valuation with Xilinx (XLNX: Research, Estimates) and are actually seeing stronger revenue growth into, especially, networking infrastructure. And third would be Analog Devices (ADI: Research, Estimates), which reports on Tuesday after the close. They're making very high performance analog and digital signal processors that are used in everything from communications primarily, into consumer electronics. Those are really my three picks right now," said Eric Ross, semiconductor analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners.
Veeco Instruments is trading down $1.94 to $52.94, with a 52-week high of $122.25 and a 52-week low of $33.
Altera is trading up 6 cents to $27.06, with a 52-week high of $67.12 and a 52-week low of $22.50.
Xilinx is trading up $1.87 to $61.63, with a 52-week high of $98.31 and a 52-week low of $38.
Analog Devices is trading up $3.38 to $47.88, with a 52-week high of $103 and a 52-week low of $27.
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JOSEPH BATTIPAGLIA'S STOCK PICKS:
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MOT
INTC
TXN
CMB
C
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"I'd start in the technology sector, because you've taken stocks like Motorola (MOT: Research, Estimates) and Intel (INTC: Research, Estimates). I'll throw other names out there, Texas Instruments (TXN: Research, Estimates), that have been hit very hard in here, that could be bought at a very attractive price. In fact, the multiples that you're buying them at are lower than where the market is, which doesn't happen all that much in technology land. We liked drug stocks all the way through here. They've performed great. I'd still be in the sector. And the financials, Chase Manhattan Bank (CMB: Research, Estimates), Citigroup (C: Research, Estimates), leaders in their field, very solid franchises can do well in this post-nonsense era," said Joseph Battipaglia, stock market strategist for Gruntal & Co.
Motorola is trading down 44 cents to $21.31, with a 52-week high of $61.54 and a 52-week low of $20.
Intel is trading down 31 cents to $36.69, with a 52-week high of $75.81 and a 52-week low of $35.
Texas Instruments is trading up $1.12 to $39.88 with a 52-week high of $99.78 and a 52-week low of $35.
Chase Manhattan is trading down $1.69 to $41.12, with a 52-week high of $67.16 and a 52-week low of $32.37.
Citigroup is trading down $2.38 to $49.12, with a 52-week high of $59.12 and a 52-week low of $35.34. 
-- compiled by Staff Writer Lucy Banduci
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