Top 9 Sensex companies add Rs 53,752 crore in market valuation

The list of top-10 firms was topped by TCS, followed by ONGC, ITC, RIL, CIL, SBI, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank and HDFC.

The combined market valuation of top nine Sensex companies surged by Rs 53,751.86 crore (Rs 537.51 billion) last week with TCS and HDFC emerging as the biggest gainers.

Barring RIL, rest of the nine companies, including ONGC, ITC, CIL, SBI and HDFC Bank, saw rise in their market capitalisation.

TCS' m-cap soared by Rs 12,800.28 crore (Rs 128 billion) to Rs 5,03,559.58 crore (Rs 5035.59 billion), the most among the top 10 most valued Indian firms.

HDFC added Rs 9,078.62 crore (Rs 90.78 billion) to Rs 1,84,213.31 crore (Rs 1,842.13 billion) in its valuation and that of Infosys surged by Rs 7,246.86 crore (Rs 72.46 billion) to Rs 2,31,239.16 crore (Rs 2,312.39 billion).

The market valuation of ICICI Bank climbed by Rs 6,673.24 crore (Rs 66.73 billion) to Rs 2,09,940.64 crore (Rs 2099.4 billion), SBI added Rs 5,935.26 crore (Rs 59.35 billion) to Rs 2,35,618.47 crore (Rs 2,356.18 billion) and HDFC Bank rose by Rs 5,219.3 crore (Rs 52.19 billion) to Rs 2,34,246.80 crore (Rs 2,342.46 billion).

ONGC's market cap jumped by Rs 4,448.85 crore to Rs 2,98,800.49 crore (Rs 2,988 billion), while the valuation of CIL moved up by Rs 1,989.65 crore (Rs 19.89 billion) to Rs 2,40,653.48 crore (Rs 2,406.53 billion). Similarly, the market cap of ITC rose by Rs 359.8 crore (Rs 3.59 billion) to Rs 2,94,351.96 crore (Rs 2,943.51 billion).

In contrast, RIL's m-cap fell by Rs 1,407.26 crore (Rs 14.07 billion) to Rs 2,86,190.36 crore (Rs 2,861.9 billion).

The list of top-10 firms was topped by TCS, followed by ONGC, ITC, RIL, CIL, SBI, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank and HDFC.

Over the past week, the benchmark BSE Sensex gained 646.12 points to settle at 27,887.90.