Ipca Laboratories Ltd gains for fifth session

Ipca Laboratories Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 1378.5, up 0.94% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is up around 0.24% on the day, quoting at 24427.1. The Sensex is at 79938.07, up 0.29%. Ipca Laboratories Ltd has risen around 12.3% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Pharma index of which Ipca Laboratories Ltd is a constituent, has risen around 6.42% in last one month and is currently quoting at 22209.55, down 0.12% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 2.55 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 4.36 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark August futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 1374.65, up 0.59% on the day. Ipca Laboratories Ltd is up 55.86% in last one year as compared to a 25.69% spurt in NIFTY and a 44.93% spurt in the Nifty Pharma index.

The PE of the stock is 57.68 based on TTM earnings ending March 24.