Ipca Laboratories Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 875.05, up 2.08% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.21% on the day, quoting at 19687.35. The Sensex is at 66309.77, up 0.23%. Ipca Laboratories Ltd has risen around 17.19% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Ipca Laboratories Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 9.81% in last one month and is currently quoting at 14962.55, down 0.09% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 8.46 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 4.03 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark August futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 881, up 1.82% on the day. Ipca Laboratories Ltd is down 12.29% in last one year as compared to a 13.54% spurt in NIFTY and a 17.09% spurt in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 44.67 based on TTM earnings ending March 23.