Top 5 companies take Rs 54,467 crore hit in market capitalisation; Coal India suffers most

The combined market valuation of top-five Sensex companies slumped by Rs 54,467.41 crore last week, with Coal India Ltd taking the steepest hit.

While RIL, ITC, CIL, ONGC and SBI suffered losses in their market capitalisation (m-cap), TCS, HDFC Bank, Infosys, Sun Pharma and HDFC saw a cumulative gain of Rs 53,971.89 crore.

The m-cap of CIL plunged by Rs 24,065.35 crore to Rs 2,38,411.17 crore, the most among the top-10 firms.

ONGC's valuation plummeted by Rs 10,052.7 crore to Rs 2,31,468.79 crore, while that of SBI tumbled by Rs 9,798.25 crore to Rs 2,03,115.11 crore.

The valuation of RIL dipped by Rs 5,569.61 crore to Rs 3,13,145 crore and that of ITC fell by Rs 4,981.5 crore to Rs 2,55,346.08 crore.

In stark contrast, TCS' m-cap surged by Rs 27,804.14 crore to Rs 5,27,612.76 crore, emerging as the biggest gainer.

The valuation of Infosys climbed by Rs 12,265.68 crore to Rs 2,63,918.94 crore and that of Sun Pharma jumped by Rs 11,412.71 crore to Rs 2,16,314.56 crore.

HDFC Bank's m-cap rose by Rs 2,300.19 crore to Rs 2,77,028.38 crore and that of mortgage lender HDFC went up by Rs 189.17 crore to Rs 2,04,897.98 crore.

The domestic m-cap chart was topped by TCS, followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, Infosys, ITC, CIL, ONGC, Sun Pharma, HDFC and SBI.

Over the past week, the benchmark BSE Sensex fell by 169.08 points to settle at 28,067.31.