Vedanta Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 432.1, up 4.36% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.42% on the day, quoting at 22197.45. The Sensex is at 73040.51, up 0.36%. Vedanta Ltd has risen around 16.61% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Vedanta Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 4.79% in last one month and is currently quoting at 9094.8, up 2.54% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 122.71 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 171.96 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark May futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 436.25, up 4.79% on the day. Vedanta Ltd is up 55.91% in last one year as compared to a 20.65% spurt in NIFTY and a 63.57% spurt in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 81.01 based on TTM earnings ending March 24.