Top nine Sensex companies add Rs 92,341 crore in market cap, RIL shines

The combined market capitalisation of top nine Sensex companies advanced by Rs 92,340.74 crore last week, with Reliance Industries (RIL) stealing the show with the maximum rise in valuation.

Barring Coal India (CIL), rest nine blue-chip companies, including TCS, ONGC, HDFC Bank, ITC, Infosys, Sun Pharma, SBI and HDFC saw rise in their m-cap.

The market valuation of RIL surged Rs 34,743.16 crore to Rs 3,22,511.06 crore, emerging as the biggest gainer among the top-10 firms.

ONGC's m-cap soared Rs 15,827.66 crore to Rs 2,72,877.36 crore and that of Sun Pharma jumped Rs 7,892.87 crore to Rs 2,03,710.70 crore.

The market valuation of TCS climbed Rs 7,648.83 crore to Rs 4,99,691.09 crore, HDFC (Rs 7,469.46 crore to Rs 1,95,001.64 crore), ITC (Rs 6,612.8 crore to Rs 2,44,593.58 crore) and HDFC Bank (Rs 5,519.73 crore to Rs 2,58,473.78 crore).

SBI's m-cap rose by Rs 4,691.05 crore to Rs 1,96,834.90 crore and that of Infosys went up by Rs 1,935.18 crore to Rs 2,28,947.96 crore.

On the other hand, the valuation of CIL declined by Rs 1,515.93 crore to Rs 2,48,896.34 crore.

In the ranking of top-10 firms, TCS stood at number one position followed by RIL, ONGC, HDFC Bank, CIL, ITC, Infosys, Sun Pharma, SBI and HDFC.

On weekly basis, the benchmark BSE Sensex surged 890.83 points to conclude at 27,316.17.