 "5 stocks contribute over half of Sensex's market-cap gain in 2017")
Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Maruti Suzuki India, Hindustan Unilever and Bharti Airtel are the top 5 companies that have contributed more than half of the gain in market capitalisation (market-cap) recorded by S&P BSE Sensex companies thus far in the calendar year 2017 (CY17).
The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 33,463 on Friday, and has rallied 26% or 6,836 points so far in CY17. By comparison, these 5 stocks surged between 56% and 72% during the period.
Total market-cap of Sensex companies increased by Rs 11.49-lakh crore to Rs 58.16 lakh crore. Of these gain, the 5 above-mentioned companies accounted for 63%, or Rs 7.18 lakh crore gain during the period.
With effect from today, YES Bank and IndusInd Bank have replaced Lupin and Cipla in the S&P BSE Sensex.
| Company | Price on BSE in Rs | Market-cap in Rs crore | ||||
| 12/30/2016 | 12/15/2017 | % change | 12/30/2016 | 12/15/2017 | Gain/loss | |
| Reliance Industries | 540.05 | 919.90 | 70.3 | 350,340 | 582,619 | 232,279 |
| HDFC Bank | 1204.20 | 1873.05 | 55.5 | 307,715 | 484,757 | 177,042 |
| Maruti Suzuki | 5323.00 | 9164.00 | 72.2 | 160,797 | 276,826 | 116,029 |
| Hindustan Unilever | 826.30 | 1325.15 | 60.4 | 178,836 | 286,826 | 107,990 |
| Bharti Airtel | 305.35 | 518.95 | 70.0 | 122,061 | 207,445 | 85,384 |
| SBI | 249.75 | 312.75 | 25.2 | 193,876 | 269,967 | 76,092 |
| HDFC | 1262.45 | 1722.85 | 36.5 | 200,111 | 275,149 | 75,038 |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank | 719.05 | 1029.00 | 43.1 | 132,253 | 195,964 | 63,711 |
| ICICI Bank | 232.09 | 303.45 | 30.7 | 148,599 | 194,861 | 46,262 |
| Larsen & Toubro | 899.60 | 1203.30 | 33.8 | 125,859 | 168,586 | 42,728 |
Source: CapitalinePlus
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