Top 10 companies’ market value shrinks ₹4.48 lakh crore:Top loser, SBI’s market-cap falls ₹89,000 crore

The value of the country’s 10 largest companies by market capitalisation decreased by ₹4.48 lakh crore in last week’s trading. During this period, SBI’s value decreased the most. SBI’s market cap decreased by ₹89,306 crore to ₹9.66 lakh crore. HDFC Bank’s market cap decreased by ₹61,715 crore to ₹12.57 lakh crore. While Bajaj Finance’s market value decreased by ₹59,082 crore to ₹5.32 lakh crore. Besides these, the market cap of TCS, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, LIC, Infosys and HUL also decreased last week. Value of country’s top-10 companies decreased by ₹4.48 lakh crore Source: BSE (March 09 – March 13, 2026) Last week Sensex and Nifty fell up to 5.5% Last week, amid the US-Israel and Iran war, the Sensex fell 4,354.98 (5.51%) and Nifty fell 1,299.35 (5.31) points. On Friday, March 13, there was a decline for the third consecutive day. Sensex closed at 74,564 with a decline of 1470 points (1.93%). While Nifty also fell by 488 points (2.06%), it came to 23,151. What is Market Capitalisation? Market cap is the value of a company’s total outstanding shares, meaning all shares currently held by its shareholders. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of shares issued by the company by their price. Companies’ market value increases or decreases due to rise or fall in share prices. There are several other reasons for this. How do market cap fluctuations affect companies and investors? Impact on company: Large market cap helps companies raise funds from market, take loans or acquire other companies. While a small or low market cap reduces company’s ability to make financial decisions. Impact on Investors: Increase in market cap directly benefits investo₹because their share prices increase. On the other hand, a decline can cause losses, which may lead investo₹to decide to sell shares.