Marico Ltd rose for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 783.4, up 1.14% on the day as on 10:19 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.21% on the day, quoting at 25671.35. The Sensex is at 83253.94, down 0.24%. Marico Ltd has added around 3% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Marico Ltd is a constituent, has added around 0.99% in last one month and is currently quoting at 51778.3, up 0.37% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 2.91 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 18.67 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark February futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 783.75, up 0.93% on the day. Marico Ltd is up 23.38% in last one year as compared to a 11.94% gain in NIFTY and a 0.74% gain in the Nifty FMCG index.

The PE of the stock is 51.86 based on TTM earnings ending December 25.