LIC Housing Finance Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 539.4, up 1.08% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.7% on the day, quoting at 21330.8. The Sensex is at 71002.7, up 0.69%. LIC Housing Finance Ltd has risen around 16.69% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Financial Services index of which LIC Housing Finance Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 8.42% in last one month and is currently quoting at 21461.25, down 0.31% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 13.56 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 26.76 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark December futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 541, up 0.61% on the day. LIC Housing Finance Ltd is up 33.58% in last one year as compared to a 16.76% spurt in NIFTY and a 11.94% spurt in the Nifty Financial Services index.

The PE of the stock is 7.04 based on TTM earnings ending September 23.