Market Valuation of Top 8 Firms Rises by Rs 2.10 Lakh Crore; TCS And LIC AT Forefront | Markets News

Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 85.31 points or 0.10 per cent. The 30-share BSE Sensex hit its new all-time high of 81,587.76 on Friday. Stock markets were closed on Wednesday on account of Muharram.

From the top-10 group, the valuation of TCS zoomed Rs 42,639.16 crore to Rs 15,56,772.61 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) surged Rs 36,748.23 crore to Rs 7,01,695.24 crore.

Infosys added Rs 33,569.16 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 7,44,396.43 crore, while State Bank of India’s mcap climbed Rs 26,372.23 crore to Rs 7,93,576.49 crore. Hindustan Unilever’s mcap soared Rs 24,494.49 crore to Rs 6,40,651.30 crore, and that of ITC jumped Rs 19,420.52 crore to Rs 5,92,679.30 crore.

The market valuation of Bharti Airtel went up by Rs 16,223.03 crore to Rs 8,31,928.39 crore, and that of ICICI Bank climbed Rs 10,863.44 crore to Rs 8,78,531.60 crore. However, the market valuation of Reliance Industries diminished by Rs 56,799.01 crore to Rs 21,03,829.74 crore.

The mcap of HDFC Bank declined by Rs 13,124.01 crore to Rs 12,22,701.34 crore. In the top-10 table, Reliance Industries retained the title of the most valued firm, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Infosys, LIC, Hindustan Unilever and ITC.