Hindustan Zinc Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 541, up 2.75% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.02% on the day, quoting at 23816.5. The Sensex is at 76935.59, up 0.02%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd has slipped around 3.56% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a constituent, has slipped around 1.65% in last one month and is currently quoting at 12146.15, up 1.2% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 24.11 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 35.16 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark November futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 543.65, up 4.16% on the day. Hindustan Zinc Ltd is up 15.8% in last one year as compared to a 6.64% slide in NIFTY and a 19.55% slide in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 10.77 based on TTM earnings ending September 26.