NALCO shares extend gains for third straight trading session

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Shares of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) gained for the third consecutive trading session, rising 2.42 per cent to INR 363.80 (USD 3.82) at 12:49 IST on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

The stock outperformed the broader market, with the NIFTY declining 0.53 per cent to 24,082.60, while the Sensex fell 0.57 per cent to 77,176.37 during the session.

Over the past year, NALCO's share price has surged 90.99 per cent, compared with a 4.42 per cent decline in the NIFTY and a 34.76 per cent fall in the Nifty Metal index.

Despite the recent gains, the stock has declined 4.85 per cent over the past month.

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The Nifty Metal index, of which NALCO is a constituent, has also fallen 3.06 per cent over the last month but was trading 0.65 per cent higher on the day at 12,601.45.

Trading volume in NALCO stood at 5.874 million shares, compared with the stock's one-month daily average of 12.526 million shares.

The benchmark July futures contract for NALCO was trading at INR 363.45 (USD 3.82), up 2.29 per cent during the session.

Based on trailing twelve-month earnings ending March 2026, the company's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio stood at 11.21.

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