ITC Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 479.85, up 2.02% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.55% on the day, quoting at 21546.35. The Sensex is at 71510.12, down 0.53%. ITC Ltd has risen around 5.68% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which ITC Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 5.94% in last one month and is currently quoting at 57209.5, up 0.43% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 168.78 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 121.55 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark January futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 481.4, up 1.8% on the day. ITC Ltd is up 46.74% in last one year as compared to a 19.42% spurt in NIFTY and a 31.41% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.
The PE of the stock is 29.49 based on TTM earnings ending September 23.