Share Market: Amidst the ongoing turmoil in the Indian stock market last week, the market cap of 6 out of 10 valuable companies of the country increased by Rs 63,478.46 crore. Of these, Larsen & Toubro and State Bank of India benefited the most. During this period, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 187.95 points or 0.22 percent. Apart from L&T and SBI, HDFC Bank, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries were gainers, while valuations of Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services declined.
These companies were profitable
The market valuation of Larsen & Toubro increased by Rs 28,523.31 crore to Rs 6,02,552.24 crore. At the same time, the market cap of SBI increased by Rs 16,015.12 crore to reach Rs 11,22,581.56 crore.
HDFC Bank’s valuation increased by Rs 9,617.56 crore to Rs 14,03,239.48 crore and LIC’s valuation increased by Rs 5,977.12 crore to Rs 5,52,203.92 crore.
Similarly, the market capitalization (mcap) of Bajaj Finance increased by Rs 3,142.36 crore to Rs 6,40,387 crore and the market capitalization of Reliance Industries increased by Rs 202.99 crore to Rs 19,21,678.78 crore.
These companies suffered losses
On the other hand, the market cap of Bharti Airtel declined by Rs 15,338.66 crore to Rs 11,27,705.37 crore. The valuation of ICICI Bank declined by Rs 14,632.10 crore to Rs 9,97,346.67 crore.
Infosys’ mcap declined by Rs 6,791.58 crore to Rs 5,48,496.14 crore and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)’s mcap declined by Rs 1,989.95 crore to Rs 9,72,053.48 crore. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries still remains the most expensive company in the country. After this comes HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Infosys.
List of 10 most expensive companies of the country
- Reliance Industries
- HDFC Bank
- Bharti Airtel
- State Bank of India (SBI)
- ICICI Bank
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
- Bajaj Finance
- Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
- Infosys
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