Business EconomyPosted at: Oct 18 2026 3:54PM


Market valuation of 9 of top 10 firms spikes by Rs 3.65 trillion

New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) The combined market valuation of nine of the top-10 most valued firms surged by Rs 3.65 trillion last week. In the list, TCS, Bharti Airtel and Infosys emerged as the biggest winners.
While Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), State Bank of India, Bajaj Finance, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Infosys were the gainers, Larsen & Toubro emerged as the only laggard.
The market valuation of TCS surged Rs 1,08,542.63 crore to Rs 8,91,134.96 crore.
Bharti Airtel added Rs 61,406.53 crore, taking its valuation to Rs 11,88,815.45 crore while the valuation of Infosys jumped Rs 55,893.05 crore to Rs 4,71,409.41 crore.
Reliance Industries zoomed Rs 53,047.56 crore to Rs 16,37,437.19 crore.
In a rank-wise analysis, Reliance Industries remained the most valued domestic firm, followed by Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, TCS, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finance, LIC, Larsen & Toubro and Infosys.
The market capitalisation (mcap) of State Bank of India advanced Rs 3,323.07 crore to Rs 8,87,722.84 crore, and that of LIC went up by Rs 4,933.5 crore to Rs 5,02,204.82 crore.
The mcap of HDFC Bank rallied Rs 32,379.05 crore to Rs 11,22,628.07 crore, and that of ICICI Bank soared Rs 30,769.95 crore to Rs 10,02,871.44 crore.
Bajaj Finance's valuation edged higher by Rs 14,786.65 crore to Rs 6,11,326.72 crore.
However, the mcap of Larsen & Toubro declined by Rs 9,232.26 crore to Rs 4,99,725.06 crore.
In a week, the Sensex surged 2,256.94 points, or 3.11 per cent, and Nifty jumped 625.7 points, or 2.77 per cent.UNI VK AAB
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