Five of top10 firms add ₹31,381 crore in mcap

NEW DELHI: Five of the 10 most valued companies in the country together added ₹31,381.39 crore in market valuation last week, with ITC topping the chart. While HUL, ITC, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank and ONGC saw addition in their market capitalisation (m-cap) for the week ended Friday, TCS, RIL, HDFC Bank, HDFC and SBI finished with losses. The m-cap of ITC soared ₹16,856.05 crore to ₹3,53,141.45 crore. Kotak Bank’s m-cap zoomed ₹5,749.62 crore to ₹2,28,754.68 crore and that of ONGC surged ₹4,941.25 crore to ₹2,06,679.25 crore. HUL’S valuation jumped ₹2,283.7 crore to ₹3,41,841.36 crore and that of Infosys rose by ₹1,550.77 crore to ₹2,98,185.82 crore. On the other hand, RIL suffered an erosion of ₹15,687.72 crore to stand at ₹6,98,278.03 crore.