Weekly Recap: Five of top 10 valued firms added ₹84,559 crore in valuation last week; HUL major gainer

Last week, the BSE benchmark SENSEX declined 207.43 points, or 0.27%. The NSE NIFTY50 dipped 75.9 points, or 0.33%.

Indian stock markets were closed on Thursday for Shri Mahavir Jayanti.

The market valuation of Hindustan Unilever surged ₹28,700.26 crore to ₹5,56,054.27 crore. Reliance Industries added ₹19,757.27 crore, taking its market capitalisation (mcap) to ₹16,50,002.23 crore.

The valuation of ITC jumped ₹15,329.79 crore to ₹5,27,845.57 crore, and that of Bajaj Finance rallied ₹12,760.23 crore to ₹5,53,348.28 crore.

The mcap of Bharti Airtel climbed by ₹8,011.46 crore to ₹10,02,030.97 crore.

However, the valuation of TCS tanked by ₹24,295.46 crore to ₹11,69,474.43 crore. The mcap of Infosys eroded by ₹17,319.11 crore to ₹5,85,859.34 crore.

State Bank of India's market valuation dropped ₹12,271.36 crore to ₹6,72,960.97 crore, and that of ICICI Bank dived ₹8,913.09 crore to ₹9,34,351.86 crore.

The valuation of HDFC Bank declined by ₹7,958.31 crore to ₹13,82,450.37 crore.

Reliance Industries remained the most valued firm, followed by HDFC Bank, TCS, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finance and ITC.

On Friday, April 11, the equity benchmark index, SENSEX, surged by 1,310 points, while the NIFTY50 closed above the 22,900 level on gains in banking, oil and metal shares as investors rejoiced at the 90-day suspension of additional import duties by the US.

Defying a bearish trend in world markets, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex jumped 1,310.11 points, or 1.77%, to settle at 75,157.26. During the day, it soared 1,620.18 points, or 2.19%, to 75,467.33.

The NSE NIFTY50 surged 429.40 points, or 1.92%, to 22,828.55. In intraday trade, the benchmark rallied 524.75 points, or 2.34%, to 22,923.90.