As the sell-off continued, nine of the top 10 companies by market capitalization lost a combined total of Rs 3,091.7844 crore (about Rs 3 trillion) in market valuations last week.
The 30-stock BSE Sensex tumbled 1,836.95 points or 3.11% in the holiday-shortened week over the past week as geopolitical tensions, a global sell-off sparked by a hawkish Federal Reserve and unabated foreign outflows.
In the top 10, State Bank of India was the only winner, with its valuation jumping by Rs 18,340.07 crore to Rs 4,67,069.54 crore.
Valuations eroded were Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), HDFC, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel.
RIL’s market valuation fell by Rs 96,512.22 crore to Rs 15,79,779.47 crore, the biggest drop among the top 10 companies.
TCS lost Rs 53,488.29 crore to Rs 13,65,042.43 crore from its valuation.
The market capitalization (mcap) of Infosys fell by Rs 42,392.63 crore to Rs 7,08,751.77 crore and that of HDFC Bank fell by Rs 31,815.01 crore to Rs 8,11,061.12 crore.
The valuation of Bajaj Finance fell by Rs 30,333.64 crore to Rs 4,14,699.49 crore and that of ICICI Bank fell by Rs 16,291.53 crore to Rs 5,42,407.86 crore.
Bharti Airtel’s market capitalization plummeted to Rs 393,174.23 crore from Rs 15,814.77 crore.
HDFC’s valuation fell by Rs 13,319.96 crore to Rs 4,56,102.42 crore and HUL’s fell by Rs 9,210.39 crore to Rs 5,36,411.69 crore.
In the ranking of the top 10 companies, RIL remains the company with the highest market capitalization, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ICICI Bank, HUL, State Bank of India, HDFC, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel.
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