Reliance Industries remained the most valued firm, followed by Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.

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The combined market valuation of nine of the top-10 most-valued firms jumped ₹2.51 lakh crore last week, with Bajaj Finance emerging as the biggest winner, in tandem with a positive trend in equities.Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 2,034.87 points, or 2.67 per cent, and the NSE Nifty surged 616.15 points, or 2.59 per cent."Markets staged a strong rebound during the week, snapping their recent losing streak as easing crude oil prices, improving geopolitical sentiment, encouraging Q1 FY27 earnings, and renewed foreign institutional investor (FII) buying lifted risk appetite," Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking Ltd, said.While Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were the gainers from the top-10 pack, Hindustan Unilever emerged as the only laggard.The market valuation of Bajaj Finance surged ₹80,345.97 crore to ₹7,10,817.51 crore, the most among the top-10 firms. Shares of NBFC Bajaj Finance on Friday ended over 8 per cent higher after the firm reported a 28 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) for the June quarter of FY27.Bharti Airtel's valuation soared ₹44,959.5 crore to reach ₹12,30,005.63 crore.The market valuation of TCS jumped ₹40,414.03 crore to ₹8,55,894.78 crore and that of Reliance Industries climbed ₹39,447.35 crore to ₹17,69,108.79 crore.The market capitalisation (mcap) of Larsen & Toubro rallied ₹21,096.8 crore to ₹5,41,844.69 crore and that of State Bank of India edged higher by ₹10,845.97 crore to ₹9,47,799.81 crore.HDFC Bank's mcap advanced ₹8,164.73 crore to ₹11,52,150.63 crore.The valuation of LIC went up ₹4,427.49 crore to ₹5,37,435.05 crore and that of ICICI Bank climbed ₹1,660.37 crore to ₹10,29,878.30 crore.However, the mcap of Hindustan Unilever declined ₹10,326.46 crore to ₹4,93,602.13 crore.Reliance Industries remained the most valued firm, followed by Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, TCS, Bajaj Finance, Larsen & Toubro, LIC, and Hindustan Unilever.Published on August 2, 2026