RIL Market Cap: 9 of the top 10 companies by market cap increased by Rs 1.85 trillion. Reliance and HDFC Bank lead the way.

Nine of the top 10 companies by market capitalisation added a combined Rs 1,85,320.49 crore to their market capitalisation last week. Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank stole the show with the biggest gains, in lockstep with the equity market rally. The BSE index surged 1,404.45 points or 1.89 per cent last week. The 30-stock BSE Sensex index hit an all-time high of 75,636.50 on Friday.

Among the top 10 most highly valued companies, ITC was the only one to lagged behind.

Reliance Industries’ market capitalisation rose by Rs 61,398.65 crore to Rs 20,02,509.35 crore.

HDFC Bank added Rs 38,966.07 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 11,53,129.36 crore.

Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC) market capitalisation rose by Rs 35,135.36 crore to Rs 6,51,348.26 crore. Bharti Airtel’s market capitalisation rose by Rs 22,921.42 crore to Rs 7,87,838.71 crore and Hindustan Unilever’s rose by Rs 9,985.76 crore to Rs 5,56,829.63 crore. Infosys’ market capitalisation rose by Rs 8,821.99 crore to Rs 6,08,198.38 crore and State Bank of India (SBI) rose by Rs 6,916.57 crore to Rs 7,39,493.34 crore. ICICI Bank added Rs 9,033.1 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 7,95,307.82 crore, while Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) market capitalisation increased by Rs 2,713.6 crore to Rs 13,93,235.05 crore.

However, ITC’s market capitalisation fell by Rs 4,369.7 crore to Rs 5,444,587 crore.

In the top 10 ranking, Reliance Industries retained its position as the most valuable company, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, SBI, LIC, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever and ITC.