NTPC Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 170, up 0.15% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.36% on the day, quoting at 18579.3. The Sensex is at 62613.29, up 0.51%. NTPC Ltd has slipped around 1.79% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which NTPC Ltd is a constituent, has slipped around 0.44% in last one month and is currently quoting at 26452.6, up 1.27% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 23.7 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 155.58 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark December futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 171.35, down 0.06% on the day. NTPC Ltd is up 34.39% in last one year as compared to a 8.94% gain in NIFTY and a 16.21% gain in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 9.8 based on TTM earnings ending September 22.