Mcap on BSE surpasses Rs 400 lakh cr

New Delhi: The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies reached an all-time closing high of Rs400.86 lakh crore on Monday, following a record rally in equities, wherein the 30-share BSE Sensex scaled its lifetime peak. The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies has gone past the coveted Rs400 lakh crore mark for the first time.

Thanks to the rally in equities, the market capitalisation (mcap) of BSE-listed companies reached an all-time closing high of Rs 4,00,86,722.74 crore ($4.83 trillion). The market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms had hit the Rs300 lakh crore mark in July last year.

The 30-share BSE benchmark jumped 494.28 points or 0.67 per cent to settle at 74,742.50. During the day, it climbed 621.08 points or 0.83 per cent to reach a new intra-day record high of 74,869.30.