Ashok Leyland Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 181.45, up 3.51% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.31% on the day, quoting at 21712. The Sensex is at 72206.42, down 0.28%. Ashok Leyland Ltd has dropped around 0.93% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Ashok Leyland Ltd is a constituent, has dropped around 6.16% in last one month and is currently quoting at 18408.6, up 1.22% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 269.76 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 151.13 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark January futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 184.05, up 3.98% on the day. Ashok Leyland Ltd is up 26.53% in last one year as compared to a 19.92% gain in NIFTY and a 47.75% gain in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 23.11 based on TTM earnings ending September 23.