Natco Pharma Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 597.2, up 2.15% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.46% on the day, quoting at 18173.9. The Sensex is at 61476.67, up 0.46%. Natco Pharma Ltd has added around 3.34% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Natco Pharma Ltd is a constituent, has added around 3.87% in last one month and is currently quoting at 12586.8, up 0.53% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 3.58 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 2.74 lakh shares in last one month.

The PE of the stock is 33.15 based on TTM earnings ending December 22.