5 of top-10 firms add Rs 23,000 cr in m-cap

In a volatile trade past week, where the Sensex maintained the 17,500-level, five out of top-10 most coveted firms added a sum of Rs 23,563.42 crore to their market capitalisation with ONGC emerging as the top gainer.

The country's second largest valued firm ONGC added a sum of Rs 15,079 crore to its market-capitalisation (m-cap) taking its valuation to Rs 2,70,353.17 crore for the week ended June 25.

The 30-share BSE index Sensex finished the week up 3.71 points or 0.02 per cent to settle at Rs 17,574.53.

Interestingly, all the top-10 companies maintained their respective position unlike the previous week.

Corporate behemoth Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) maintained its numero-uno status and added Rs 2,616.52 crore to its m-cap, taking its total market valuation to Rs 3,47,751.86 crore.

Power producer NTPC at third spot lost Rs 3,545.55 crore from its m-cap, while trading firm MMTC at fourth place saw its valuation swell by Rs 1,133.75 crore.

At the end of the week, NTPC's valuation stood at Rs 1,61,735 crore and MMTC's m-cap surged to Rs 1,61,381 crore.

Two IT firms -- Infosys Technologies and TCS -- together lost a sum of Rs 4,152.02 crore from their m-cap.

Infosys stood at the fifth position with a total m-cap of Rs 1,59,392.85 crore, while software exporter TCS saw its valuation decline to Rs 1,49,050.57 crore.

State-owned SBI lost Rs 4,564.98 crore from its m-cap taking its valuation to Rs 1,46,073 crore.

Power producer BHEL at eight rank added Rs 1,698.64 crore to see its valuation swell to Rs 1,19,976.46 crore, followed by FMCG major ITC which stood at ninth place and gained Rs 3,035.47 crore taking its market valuation to Rs 1,15,366.91 crore.

Engineering major L&T finished last and lost Rs 2,234.67 crore to see its valuation fell to Rs 1,06,229.79 crore.