Exide Industries Ltd gained for a fifth straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 272.25, up 0.85% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.45% on the day, quoting at 10918.45. The Sensex is at 36347.76, down 0.37%. Exide Industries Ltd has risen around 8.57% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Auto index of which Exide Industries Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 4% in last one month and is currently quoting at 9507.7, down 0.25% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 13.77 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 14.17 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark December futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 273, up 0.91% on the day. Exide Industries Ltd is up 23.08% in last one year as compared to a 4.58% spurt in NIFTY and a 20.14% spurt in the Nifty Auto index.

The PE of the stock is 30.8 based on TTM earnings ending September 18.