Top six Sensex cos add 47,825.79 crore in market cap

August 24, 2014 10:59 am | Updated 10:59 am IST - New Delhi

Six of the top-10 most valued Indian companies together added Rs. 47,825.79 crore in market valuation, with ONGC and SBI emerging as the biggest gainers.

While ONGC, CIL, HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharmaceutical saw gains in their market-capitalisation (m-cap), TCS, RIL, ITC and Infosys suffered losses on the other hand.

The m-cap of ONGC surged Rs. 14,458.78 crore to Rs. 3,65,191.10 crore, while that of SBI zoomed Rs. 12,079.56 crore to Rs. 1,88,405.19 crore.

Sun Pharma’s market value jumped Rs. 8,849.2 crore to Rs. 1,77,452.20 crore, while that of ICICI Bank climbed Rs. 6,969.26 crore to Rs. 1,77,862.35 crore and HDFC Bank added Rs. 5,026.84 crore to Rs. 2,04,111.41 crore.

The valuation of CIL rose by Rs. 442.15 crore to Rs. 2,25,683.70 crore.

In contrast, ITC’s m-cap tanked Rs. 10,190.45 crore to Rs. 2,73,837.85 crore, while that of TCS plunged Rs. 6,835.96 crore to Rs. 4,82,170.27 crore.

The market-cap of RIL fell by Rs. 1,261.22 crore to Rs. 3,22,744.29 crore and that of Infosys went down by Rs. 143.56 crore to Rs. 2,06,796.80 crore.

TCS continued to rule the top-10 list followed by ONGC, RIL, ITC, CIL, Infosys, HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharma.

Over the past week, the BSE benchmark Sensex gained 316.32 points to close at 26,419.55.

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