Top-5 scrips gain Rs 1.99-trn mcap

New Delhi: Five of the top-10 most-valued firms added Rs1,99,111.06 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainer, in-tandem with bullish sentiments. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 542.3 points or 0.75 per cent. Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged over 1 per cent to hit their fresh all-time highs on Friday.

While Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ICICI Bank, Infosys and Bharti Airtel were the gainers from the top-10 pack, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, State Bank of India and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were the laggards, taking a combined hit of Rs76,098.67 crore. Reliance Industries added Rs90,220.4 crore taking its market valuation to Rs18,53,865.17 crore. The valuation of TCS jumped Rs52,672.04 crore to Rs14,20,333.97 crore.