The combined market valuation of seven of the top 10 most valued firms climbed â¹65,302.5 crore last week, with Tata Consultancy Services and ICICI Bank emerging as the biggest gainers.
Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 663.35 points or 0.90 per cent, and the Nifty jumped 165.7 points or 0.74 per cent.
Stock exchanges BSE and NSE conducted a special trading session in the equity and equity derivative segments on Saturday to check their preparedness to handle major disruption or failure at the primary site.
From the top-10 pack, TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever and ITC were the gainers, while Reliance Industries, Infosys and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI) faced erosion from their market capitalisation (mcap).
The market valuation of TCS climbed â¹19,881.39 crore to â¹14,85,912.36 crore.
ICICI Bank added â¹15,672.82 crore, taking its valuation to â¹7,60,481.54 crore.
The market valuation of State Bank of India jumped â¹12,182.1 crore to â¹6,89,917.13 crore, and that of HDFC Bank rallied â¹7,178.03 crore to â¹10,86,464.53 crore.
The mcap of Hindustan Unilever went up by â¹5,051.63 crore to â¹5,67,626.01 crore, and that of Bharti Airtel climbed â¹4,525.14 crore to â¹6,38,721.77 crore.
The valuation of ITC increased by â¹811.39 crore to â¹5,14,451.76 crore.
However, LIC’s mcap eroded by â¹19,892.12 crore to â¹6,54,763.76 crore.
The market valuation of Infosys declined by â¹9,048.17 crore to â¹6,86,997.15 crore, and that of Reliance Industries dipped â¹3,720.44 crore to â¹20,16,750.44 crore.
In the ranking of the most valued companies, Reliance Industries continued to lead the pack, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Infosys, LIC, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever and ITC.
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