Despite the markets witnessing volatility amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the combined market value (market capitalization or mcap) of BSE-listed companies on May 21 hit the historic $5-trillion mark for the first time ever. Moreover, the top-10 listed companies also achieved a combined market cap of over $1 trillion.

This comes despite the BSE benchmark index remaining nearly 1.7 per cent below its all-time high.

According to the latest data available on the BSE’s website on May 21, the all-India market capitalisation, including 5,391 listed companies, stood at $5 trillion or Rs 414.7 lakh crore. This is about $633 billion higher than that at the start of the year.

According to the latest BSE data, the market capitalisation of the top-10 companies currently stands at a little above $1 trillion or Rs 90.54 lakh crore.

Company-wise, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) topped the companies in market capitalisation with Rs 19.42 lakh crore, followed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with Rs 13.82 lakh crore, HFCD Bank (Rs 11.08 lakh crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 7.88 lakh crore), and Bharti Airtel (Rs 7.62 lakh crore).

State Bank of India (SBI) comes sixth with Rs 7.41 lakh crore, followed by LIC (Rs 6.46 lakh crore), Infosys (Rs 5.95 lakh crore), ITC (Rs 5.43 lakh crore), and Hindustan Unilever (Rs 5.42 lakh crore).

According to Moneycontrol, BSE’s total market capitalisation had hit $4 trillion in November 2023, and has now soared past $5 trillion in just six months. BSE-listed firms reached the market cap of $1 trillion back in May 2007, doubling in over a decade to $2 trillion in July 2017, and then reaching the $3 trillion mark in May 2021.

Currently, only four stock markets world over are in the $5-trillion-plus club, namely, USA, China, Japan and Hong Kong. The US leads with a market cap of almost $55.65 trillion, followed by China ($9.4 trillion), Japan ($6.42 trillion), and Hong Kong ($5.47 trillion).

Indian Stock Market Today

The BSE Sensex on Tuesday declined by nearly 53 points in a volatile trade amid weak trends from Asian and European markets and fresh foreign fund outflows. The 30-share Sensex declined 52.63 points or 0.07 per cent to settle at 73,953.31 as 18 of its constituents declined while 12 ended with gains. The index gyrated around 426 between a high of 74,189.19 and a low of 73,762.37 in day trade.

The broader Nifty of NSE, however, closed higher by 27.05 points or 0.12 per cent to 22,529.05, driven by gains in metal shares. As many as 27 Nifty shares declined while 23 closed with gains.

Among the Sensex components, Nestle, Maruti, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank were the major laggards. Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Power Grid, Tech Mahindra and State Bank of India were among the gainers.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 92.95 crore on Saturday, according to exchange data. Global oil benchmark Brent crude declined 0.55 per cent to USD 83.25 a barrel.