Marico Ltd is up for a third straight session in a row. The stock is quoting at Rs 642.05, up 1.12% on the day as on 12:49 IST on the NSE. The benchmark NIFTY is down around 0.16% on the day, quoting at 22896.3. The Sensex is at 75716.6, down 0.29%. Marico Ltd has dropped around 3.65% in last one month.

Meanwhile, Nifty FMCG index of which Marico Ltd is a constituent, has dropped around 6.04% in last one month and is currently quoting at 52360.45, down 0.19% on the day. The volume in the stock stood at 4.55 lakh shares today, compared to the daily average of 16.47 lakh shares in last one month.

The benchmark February futures contract for the stock is quoting at Rs 642.15, up 1.21% on the day. Marico Ltd is up 19.19% in last one year as compared to a 3.81% spurt in NIFTY and a 3.02% spurt in the Nifty FMCG index.

The PE of the stock is 56.83 based on TTM earnings ending December 24.