Top 6 Sensex cos lose Rs 413.07b in m-cap

MUMBAI, Feb 9 (PTI): Dragged down by TCS and Infosys, the combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of top-six blue-chip companies slumped by Rs 413.07 billion last week.

While TCS, RIL, ITC, ONGC, Infosys and Wipro saw erosion in their market valuation, CIL, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and HUL made gains.

M-cap of TCS tanked Rs 181.87 billion to Rs 4198.23 billion, becoming the top loser among the 10 most valued firms on the BSE.

Infosys' value slumped Rs 76.23 billion to Rs 2048.12 billion, while RIL lost Rs 53.48 billion to Rs 2631.54 billion from its m-cap.

The value of ONGC plummeted by Rs 53.47 billion to Rs 2303.56 billion and Wipro's m-cap slipped Rs 34.52 billion to Rs 1383.11 billion.

Similarly, the market value of ITC declined by Rs 13.50 billion to Rs 2567.85 billion.

In contrast, state-run Coal India added Rs 138.64 billion to Rs 1701.94 billion in its m-cap, while HDFC Bank's value soared by Rs 45.53 billion to Rs 1552.57 billion.

HUL's m-cap surged Rs 15.79 billion to Rs 1249.24 billion and that of Bharti Airtel rose by Rs 1.39 billion to Rs 1261.17 billion.