As the benchmark BSE Sensex rose sharply by 858 points last week, nine of the top 10 most valued companies saw a combined addition of Rs80,086.27 crore in market capitalisation, with ONGC grabbing the biggest gain.
Over the past week, the Sensex surged 858.56 points to 27,079.51 -- its second straight weekly rise.
Barring Infosys, rest nine companies, including TCS, RIl and ITC saw their market valuation rise. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of ONGC surged by Rs26,393.68 crore to Rs2,25,137.72 crore.
HDFC's valuation soared by Rs14,427.87 crore to Rs2,03,630.97 crore and ITC added Rs11,598.28 crore to Rs2,75,509.44 crore.
The m-cap of RIl climbed by Rs7,788.42 crore to Rs2,87,038.02 crore and that of SBI jumped by Rs5,901.65 crore to Rs1,84,010.41 crore.
CIl's market cap zoomed by Rs4,705.69 crore to Rs2,12,008.77 crore and of HDFC Bank advanced by Rs 4,369.07 crore to Rs2,73,425.42 crore.
Similarly, the valuation of Sun Pharma rose by Rs3,754.04 crore to Rs2,18,107.35 crore and of TCS went up by Rs1,147.57 crore to Rs5,18,192.99 crore.
In contrast, Infosys saw its m-cap decline by Rs1,240.35 crore to Rs2,68,248.68 crore.
The top 10 companies list was topped by TCS, followed by RIl, ITC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ONGC, Sun Pharma, CIl, HDFC and SBI.