8 out of top 10 firms add Rs 2 lakh cr in market valuation; Reliance lead gainer

New Delhi: Eight of the 10 most valued firms together added Rs 2,03,335.28 crore in market valuation last week amid an overall positive trend in equities, with emerging as the biggest gainer. Last week, the BSE Sensex climbed 1,387.18 points or 2.39 per cent.

Barring and , rest eight firms in the top-10 pack witnessed addition in their market valuation.

The market capitalisation (mcap) of index heavyweight Reliance Industries jumped Rs 68,296.41 crore to stand at Rs 16,72,365.60 crore.

() added Rs 30,120.57 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 5,00,492.23 crore.

's market valuation climbed Rs 25,946.89 crore to Rs 6,32,264.39 crore and that of Limited () advanced Rs 18,608.76 crore to Rs 6,23,828.23 crore.

's valuation grew by Rs 17,385.1 crore to stand at Rs 4,43,612.09 crore.

The market valuation of jumped Rs 16,739.62 crore to Rs 4,28,453.62 crore and that of () spurted Rs 15,276.54 crore to Rs 11,48,722.59 crore.

The mcap of soared Rs 10,961.39 crore to Rs 6,31,216.21 crore.

However, the valuation of Bajaj Finance plunged Rs 4,878.68 crore to Rs 4,35,416.70 crore and that of HDFC Bank declined Rs 1,503.89 crore to reach Rs 8,01,182.91 crore.

Reliance Industries continued to rule the top-10 most valued firms chart, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Infosys, HUL, SBI, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance and ITC.