Hindustan Zinc Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 475.7, up 1.16% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.18% on the day, quoting at 26251.5. The Sensex is at 85859.63, up 0.29%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd has risen around 0.96% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 3.15% in last one month and is currently quoting at 10280.7, down 0.18% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 18.06 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 33.57 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark December futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 478.45, up 1.02% on the day. Hindustan Zinc Ltd is down 3.71% in last one year as compared to a 9.77% spurt in NIFTY and a 14.47% spurt in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 19 based on TTM earnings ending September 25.