Marico Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 615.8, up 1.27% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.09% on the day, quoting at 24279.9. The Sensex is at 79810.25, down 0.3%. Marico Ltd has dropped around 3.46% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Marico Ltd is a constituent, has dropped around 0.27% in last one month and is currently quoting at 57058.4, up 0.83% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 9.29 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 26.35 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark July futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 618.55, up 1.45% on the day. Marico Ltd is up 16.7% in last one year as compared to a 24.53% gain in NIFTY and a 7% gain in the Nifty FMCG index.

The PE of the stock is 72.97 based on TTM earnings ending March 24.