Natco Pharma Ltd is up for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 888.5, up 1.44% on the day as on 12:39 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.34% on the day, quoting at 19503.45. The Sensex is at 65525.91, down 0.49%. Natco Pharma Ltd has risen around 29.93% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Natco Pharma Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 13.87% in last one month and is currently quoting at 15578.5, up 0.52% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 6.48 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 7.74 lakh shares in last one month.

The PE of the stock is 25.15 based on TTM earnings ending March 23.