Top 5 Sensex companies add Rs 15,270 cr in market valuation

Top five Sensex companies together added Rs 15,270 crore in market capitalisation last week, with Coal India and SBI emerging as the biggest gainers.

While CIL, HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC saw rise in their market cap, TCS, RIL, ONGC, ITC and Infosys witnessed fall in their valuations for the week ended April 25.

The market capitalisation (m-cap) of CIL surged Rs 5,779 crore to Rs 1,89,522 crore, while SBI added Rs 4,879 crore to Rs 1,55,522 crore.

Mortgage lender HDFC saw its market worth rise by Rs 1,919 crore to Rs 1,39,253 crore, while HDFC Bank's value moved up by Rs 1,848 crore to Rs 1,74,231 crore.

Similarly, the value of ICICI Bank jumped by Rs 845 crore to Rs 1,46,592 crore.

On the other hand, RIL's m-cap fell by Rs 3,668 crore to Rs 3,06,215 crore, while TCS lost Rs 2,978 crore to Rs 4,31,360 crore.

The valuation of ITC declined by Rs 2,429 crore to Rs 2,73,271 crore, while Infosys' m-cap came down by Rs 899 crore to Rs 1,82,276 crore and ONGC lost Rs 770 crore to Rs 2,74,930 crore.

In terms of ranking, TCS continued to enjoy the numero uno position followed by RIL, ONGC, ITC, CIL, Infosys, HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC.

The BSE benchmark 30-scrip Sensex lost 76.76 points to 22,688.07 over the last week.