Sun Pharma the biggest gainer; ITC, SBI suffer losses

The combined market valuation of top five Sensex companies rose by Rs 48,822.93 crore last week, where Sun Pharmaceutical Industries emerged as the biggest gainer.

While the likes of TCS, RIL, HDFC Bank and HDFC also saw rise in their market capitalisation (m-cap), others such as ITC, ONGC, Infosys, CIL and SBI suffered sharp to moderate losses.

The m-cap of Sun Pharma surged Rs 26,162.98 crore to Rs 2,14,845.98 crore, the biggest gain among the top-10 Sensex firms.

HDFC's valuation moved up by Rs 8,355.25 crore to Rs 2,18,514.04 crore and that of RIL rose by Rs 5,872.46 crore to Rs 2,86,149.26 crore.

The market cap of HDFC Bank climbed Rs 4,309.12 crore to Rs 2,71,837.74 crore and TCS added Rs 4,123.12 crore to Rs 5,28,141.62 crore.

On the other hand, CIL's valuation dipped Rs 18,885.93 crore to Rs 2,29,884.08 crore and ITC lost Rs 12,139.56 crore to Rs 2,76,953.22 crore.

The m-cap of SBI slipped Rs 5,935.25 crore to Rs 2,19,231.19 crore while Infosys lost Rs 4,955.66 crore in m-cap to Rs 2,58,601.51 crore.

ONGC's valuation dropped Rs 4,406.08 crore to Rs 2,73,604.57 crore.

In the ranking of top-10 firms, TCS stood at number one position followed by RIL, ITC, ONGC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, CIL, SBI, HDFC and Sun Pharma.

Over the past week, the BSE benchmark Sensex ended at 29,448.95, reflecting a gain of 87.45 points.