M-cap of 5 of top-10 valued firms at Rs 4.23 trn with major share from HDFC

Five of the top-10 most valued firms together added Rs 4,23,014.4 crore in market valuation last week, with major contributions coming in from HDFC Bank, which recently completed the merger with its mortgage financier parent HDFC. HDFC Bank on Thursday became the second most valuable company by market capitalisation, overtaking IT behemoth Tata Consultancy Services. Last week, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 623.36 points or 0.94 per cent. While HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, ITC, State Bank of India and Bajaj Finance were the gainers, Reliance, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Hindustan Unilever, Infosys and Bharti Airtel suffered erosion from their market valuation last week. HDFC Bank's market valuation jumped Rs 3,43,107.78 crore to reach Rs 12,63,070.52 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of State Bank of India zoomed Rs 27,220.07 crore to Rs 5,48,819.01 crore, and that of ICICI Bank jumped Rs 24,575.78 crore to Rs 6,97,413.50 crore. ITC added Rs 21,972.81 crore, taking its valua

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