In a strong market, the top-10 Sensex companies together added Rs. 68,518 crore in market capitalisation last week, with ITC and HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest gainers.
The market valuation of FMCG major ITC jumped Rs. 10,758.69 crore to Rs. 2,65,140.69 crore.
Similarly, HDFC Bank’s m-cap surged Rs. 10,565.07 crore to Rs. 2,06,183.07 crore. ONGC saw its value climb Rs. 9,283.13 crore to Rs. 3,60,956.13 crore.
The m-cap of ICICI Bank zoomed Rs. 9,139.94 crore to Rs. 1,69,060.94 crore and Coal India’s market value advanced by Rs. 7,517.34 crore to Rs. 2,48,896.34 crore.
Larsen & Toubro Ltd added Rs. 7,188.27 crore to Rs. 1,61,644.27 crore in its market cap and RIL’s value moved up by Rs. 6,192.97 crore to Rs. 3,33,599.97 crore.
The m-cap of SBI soared Rs. 4,651.81 crore to Rs. 2,01,503.81 crore, TCS’s value rose by Rs. 2,233.27 crore to Rs. 4,72,014.27 crore and that of Infosys went up by Rs. 987.71 crore to Rs. 1,86,003.71 crore.
In the ranking of top-10 firms, TCS stood at number one position followed by ONGC, RIL, ITC, CIL, HDFC Bank, SBI, Infosys, ICICI Bank and Larsen & Toubro.
The BSE benchmark Sensex touched an all-time high of 25,999.08 before ending at 25,962.06, showing a sharp gain of 862.14 points or 3.43 per cent during the last week.
