Bharat Forge Ltd gained for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 597.3, up 1.23% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.24% on the day, quoting at 10608.4. The Sensex is at 35224.53, up 0.23%. Bharat Forge Ltd has risen around 2.81% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Bharat Forge Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 1.53% in last one month and is currently quoting at 9126.9, up 0.51% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 5.57 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 11.06 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark November futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 596.5, up 1% on the day. Bharat Forge Ltd is down 13.65% in last one year as compared to a 4.85% spurt in NIFTY and a 17.39% spurt in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 32.22 based on TTM earnings ending September 18.