Bharat Forge Ltd is up for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 1574.1, up 2.28% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.02% on the day, quoting at 25723.35. The Sensex is at 83606.72, down 0.16%. Bharat Forge Ltd has gained around 6.19% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Bharat Forge Ltd is a constituent, has gained around 3.85% in last one month and is currently quoting at 27500.3, up 1.02% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 7.83 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 10.23 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark February futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 1575.6, up 2.07% on the day. Bharat Forge Ltd is up 36.1% in last one year as compared to a 8.55% jump in NIFTY and a 18.13% jump in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 54.04 based on TTM earnings ending September 25.