8 Sensex cos add Rs 523b in market valuation

NEW DELHI, Sept 7 (PTI):  Eight of the top 10 most valued Indian firms together added Rs 523 billion in market valuation last week, with TCS, CIL and RIL emerging as the biggest gainers.

Barring ITC and ICICI Bank, rest eight companies including ONGC, Infosys, HDFC Bank, SBI and Sun Pharma saw gains in their market capitalisation (m-cap).

The m-cap of outsourcing giant TCS surged by Rs 141.81 billion to Rs 5086.82 billion.

State-owned Coal India's market valuation jumped by Rs 93.79 billion to Rs 2344.95 billion, while that of RIL went up by Rs 84.26 billion to Rs 3315.74 billion.