Hindustan Zinc Ltd is up for a third straight session today. The stock is quoting at Rs 262.4, up 1.08% on the day as on 12:54 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.05% on the day, quoting at 10647.25. The Sensex is at 35645.66, up 0.15%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd has slipped around 5.83% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a constituent, has slipped around 9.4% in last one month and is currently quoting at 2828.35, up 1.05% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 2.82 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 5.78 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark January futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 263.4, up 1.39% on the day. Hindustan Zinc Ltd is down 15.42% in last one year as compared to a 3.45% slide in NIFTY and a 29.7% slide in the Nifty Metal index.

The PE of the stock is 12.91 based on TTM earnings ending December 18.