Ipca Laboratories Ltd gained for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 734.6, up 1.28% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.25% on the day, quoting at 18547. The Sensex is at 62607.04, down 0.29%. Ipca Laboratories Ltd has risen around 4.44% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Ipca Laboratories Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 2.12% in last one month and is currently quoting at 12934.5, down 0.02% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 6.74 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 5.18 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark June futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 735.1, up 0.95% on the day. Ipca Laboratories Ltd is down 14.98% in last one year as compared to a 12.98% spurt in NIFTY and a 5.31% spurt in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 36.37 based on TTM earnings ending March 23.