Natco Pharma Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 637.95, up 2.19% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.28% on the day, quoting at 18018.85. The Sensex is at 60452.18, down 0.2%. Natco Pharma Ltd has dropped around 2.57% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Natco Pharma Ltd is a constituent, has dropped around 1.42% in last one month and is currently quoting at 12745.6, up 0.04% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 5.62 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 4.28 lakh shares in last one month.

The PE of the stock is 30.67 based on TTM earnings ending June 22.