Top-5 Sensex cos add Rs 36,780 cr in m-cap; TCS, Infosys shine

The combined market capitalisation of top-five Sensex companies rose by Rs 36,780.23 crore last week, where IT majors TCS and Infosys stole the show with maximum rise in their valuation.

The gainers among the top-10 companies include ITC, CIL and HDFC, while those that suffered losses were ONGC, RIL, HDFC Bank, SBI and HUL.

The cumulative loss of these five laggards was Rs 27,300.61 crore. Among winners, TCS's market valuation surged Rs 18,607.92 crore to Rs 5,04,568.33 crore, the most among the top-10 firms.

The m-cap of Infosys soared Rs 9,945.77 crore to Rs 2,56,034.68 crore and ITC added Rs 3,919.95 crore to Rs 2,98,796.15 crore.

Similarly, HDFC's valuation rose by Rs 2,222.19 crore to Rs 2,01,189.19 crore and that of CIL moved up by Rs 2,084.4 crore to Rs 2,30,010.41 crore.

On the other hand, the value of SBI plunged Rs 14,670.16 crore to Rs 2,16,767.50 crore and HUL lost Rs 5,927.25 crore to Rs 1,95,858.97 crore.

HDFC Bank's value dipped Rs 4,704.53 crore to Rs 2,55,556.32 crore and that of RIL went down by Rs 1,570.9 crore to Rs 2,94,577.79 crore.

The m-cap of ONGC fell by Rs 427.77 crore to Rs 3,00,254.93 crore.

In the ranking of top-10 firms, TCS stood at numero-uno position followed by ONGC, ITC, RIL, Infosys, HDFC Bank, CIL, SBI, HDFC and HUL.

Over the past week, the BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 465 points to 28,717.91 and logged its worst weekly loss in nearly two months.