Top five blue-chip cos lose Rs 45,887.6 cr in market cap

M-cap of RIL plunged Rs 19,728.88 cr to Rs 3,01,948.82 cr

Amid weakening stocks, the combined market valuation of top five Sensex companies fell by Rs 45,887.6 crore last week, with RIL and ICICI Bank taking the biggest hit.

While TCS, RIL, Infosys, SBI and ICICI Bank saw losses in their market capitalisation (m-cap), ONGC, ITC, CIL, HDFC Bank and Sun Pharma witnessed addition.

The m-cap of RIL plunged Rs 19,728.88 crore to Rs 3,01,948.82 crore. ICICI Bank suffered a loss of Rs 10,682.94 crore to Rs 1,71,031.83 crore, while the value of SBI dipped by Rs 9,376.96 crore to Rs 1,82,380.34 crore.

TCS's value fell by Rs 4,935.99 crore to Rs 5,25,497.34 crore and Infosys lost Rs 1,162.83 crore to Rs 2,11,387.82 crore.

Among the gainers, ITC's value surged Rs 9,808.34 crore to Rs 2,96,442.94 crore, while ONGC added Rs 6,159.95 crore to Rs 3,52,657.30 crore.

The m-cap of HDFC Bank jumped Rs 2,727.51 crore to Rs 2,10,296.22 crore, while that of CIL rose by Rs 1,358.02 crore to Rs 2,19,809.48 crore and Sun Pharma added Rs 51.78 crore to Rs 1,67,158.81 crore.

In the ranking of top-10 companies, TCS remained at number one position, followed by ONGC, RIL, ITC, CIL, Infosys, HDFC Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank and Sun Pharma.

Over the last week, the benchmark Sensex fell by 464.1 points to 26,626.32.