The combined market valuation of seven of the top-10 most valued firms climbed Rs 74,573.63 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest gainer in line with a positive trend in equities.

Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 780.71 points or 0.97 per cent, and the Nifty went up by 239.55 points or 0.97 per cent.

HDFC Bank, LIC and SBI lead the charge

While HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) , ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Unilever and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) were among the gainers, Reliance Industries , Bharti Airtel, and Infosys faced erosion from their valuation.

HDFC Bank added Rs 30,106.28 crore, taking its market valuation to Rs 14,81,889.57 crore.

The market capitalisation (mcap) of LIC

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