LIC Housing Finance Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 450.5, up 3.99% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.36% on the day, quoting at 19505.65. The Sensex is at 65554.17, up 0.26%. LIC Housing Finance Ltd has risen around 2.18% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Energy index of which LIC Housing Finance Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 1.26% in last one month and is currently quoting at 19764.35, up 0.03% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 63.78 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 32.6 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark September futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 453.4, up 3.86% on the day. LIC Housing Finance Ltd is up 5.86% in last one year as compared to a 10.41% spurt in NIFTY and a 8.24% spurt in the Nifty Energy index.

The PE of the stock is 7.24 based on TTM earnings ending June 23.