Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 407.2, up 1.83% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.19% on the day, quoting at 22705.75. The Sensex is at 73291.61, down 0.42%. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has slipped around 1.49% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Energy index of which Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is a constituent, has slipped around 4% in last one month and is currently quoting at 35261.85, down 0.6% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 50.22 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 138.05 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark November futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 409.15, up 2.54% on the day. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is up 65.94% in last one year as compared to a 12.85% slide in NIFTY and a 3.57% slide in the Nifty Energy index.

The PE of the stock is 48.66 based on TTM earnings ending September 26.