Nine of top 10 Sensex firms add Rs 1,02,729 crore in market capitalisation

The total market capitalisation of nine of the top-10 Sensex firms advanced by Rs 1,02,729 crore last week, with RIL (Reliance Industries) and TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) stealing the show with maximum rise in valuation.

Barring HDFC, rest nine bluechip companies, including ITC, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Infosys and CIL made gains in their market valuation for the week ended Friday.

The m-cap of RIL surged Rs 22,358.6 crore to Rs 2,92,392.91 crore, the most among the top-10 Sensex firms.

TCS's valuation soared Rs 21,262 crore to Rs 5,19,444.87 crore and that of CIL jumped Rs 15,917.24 crore to Rs 2,45,106.52 crore.

The valuation of SBI zoomed Rs 11,978.32 crore to Rs 2,16,128.73 crore, ITC added Rs 11,021.34 crore to Rs 2,77,377.05 crore and Sun Pharma saw its m-cap going up by Rs 8,263.71 crore to Rs 2,31,642.64 crore.

Infosys' market cap rose by Rs 7,011.43 crore to Rs 2,56,488.33 crore and that of ONGC climbed Rs 2,823.32 crore to Rs 2,65,006.31 crore.

Similarly, the m-cap of HDFC Bank went up by Rs 2,092.92 crore to Rs 2,61,226.94 crore.

On the other hand, HDFC lost Rs 6,849.91 crore to Rs 2,03,182.44 crore in market cap.

In the ranking of top-10 firms, TCS continued to retain its numero-uno position followed by RIL, ITC, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, CIL, Sun Pharma, SBI and HDFC.

The benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensex ended with a gain of 619.24 points at 28,879.38 last week.