Hindustan Unilever Ltd gained for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 2413.4, up 1.23% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.33% on the day, quoting at 26163.7. The Sensex is at 85033.17, down 0.48%. Hindustan Unilever Ltd has risen around 4.3% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Hindustan Unilever Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 2.21% in last one month and is currently quoting at 53441.1, down 0.2% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 6.02 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 13.09 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark January futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 2426.5, up 1.62% on the day. Hindustan Unilever Ltd is up 2.62% in last one year as compared to a 10.36% spurt in NIFTY and a 5.97% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.

The PE of the stock is 53.26 based on TTM earnings ending September 25.