Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 597.3, up 1.62% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.36% on the day, quoting at 22091.6. The Sensex is at 72819.71, up 0.25%. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has slipped around 3.34% in last one month.
Meanwhile, Nifty Energy index of which Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is a constituent, has slipped around 2.91% in last one month and is currently quoting at 38328.35, up 0.21% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 76.41 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 86.29 lakh shares in last one month.
The benchmark March futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 597.7, up 1.59% on the day. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd is up 71.47% in last one year as compared to a 29.37% jump in NIFTY and a 68.31% jump in the Nifty Energy index.
The PE of the stock is 4.25 based on TTM earnings ending December 23.