Top 10 most valued cos add Rs 28,382 cr to market cap

The combined market valuation of top 10 Sensex companies rose by Rs 28,382.58 crore last week, with ONGC emerging as the biggest gainer.

The market capitalisation (m-cap) of ONGC surged by Rs 9,154.37 crore, the most among the top 10 firms, to Rs 2,00,155.69 crore.

While ITC's jumped Rs 4,779.31 crore to Rs 2,59,608.76 crore, CIL added Rs 3,695.07 crore at Rs 2,03,639.59 crore and TCS saw a growth of Rs 3,330.02 crore at Rs 4,79,474.08 crore.

The valuation of RIL soared by Rs 2,866.7 crore to Rs 3,24,212.65 crore and that of Infosys jumped Rs 2,273.97 crore to Rs 2,51,710.68 crore.

HUL's market cap jumped Rs 898.01 crore to Rs 1,86,796.15 crore, HDFC's (Rs 805.02 crore to Rs 1,94,143.24 crore) and HDFC Bank (Rs 315.38 crore to Rs 2,70,982.09 crore).

The valuation of Sun Pharma was higher by Rs 264.73 crore at Rs 1,90,494.92 crore.

In terms of ranking, TCS was the winner followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, ITC, Infosys, CIL, ONGC, HDFC, Sun Pharma and HUL.

Over the past week, the BSE benchmark Sensex rose 319.49 points to end at 25,838.71.