Hindustan Zinc Ltd is up for a fifth straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 315.65, up 0.98% on the day as on 12:44 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.31% on the day, quoting at 21712. The Sensex is at 72206.42, down 0.28%. Hindustan Zinc Ltd has added around 5.48% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty Metal index of which Hindustan Zinc Ltd is a constituent, has added around 12.85% in last one month and is currently quoting at 7926.35, down 0.09% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 9.46 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 8.82 lakh shares in last one month.

The PE of the stock is 15.63 based on TTM earnings ending September 23.