The combined market valuation of eight of the top 10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 3,09,244.57 crore last week.
India's largest private lender HDFC Bank on Wednesday reported a 2.2 per cent rise in its net profit for Q3 this fiscal, as its gross non-performing assets (NPA) ratio rose during the quarter.
Last week, the combined market valuation of six of the top 10 valued domestic firms eroded by Rs 1.71 lakh crore.
The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most-valued firms tumbled Rs 1,85,952.31 crore last week.
Last week, six of the top 10 most valued firms together added Rs 86,847.88 crore in market valuation.
The 30 stock S&P BSE Sensex closed 684.64 points or 1.20 per cent higher at 57,919.97 points against its previous day's close at 57,235.33 points. Earlier, the Sensex started the day sharply higher at 58,162.74 points and surged to a high of 58,435.12 points in the intra-day. The Sensex pared part of the gains due to profit-taking in the last hour of the trade. It touched a low of 57,848.23 points in the intra-day.
"The mega-merger news of the HDFC twins and the rare sight of a 15 per cent up-move in them today at a point in time propelled benchmark indices 2.5 per cent higher with good support from metal stocks," said S. Ranganathan, Head of Research at LKP securities.
Bajaj Finserv, UltraTech Cement, Sun Pharma, Titan, Tata Steel and Kotak Bank were among the gainers.
Its core net interest income grew 8.57 per cent to Rs 17,009 crore on advances growth of 14.4 per cent and the net interest margin coming at 4.1 per cent, while the other income grew 54.3 per cent to Rs 4,075 crore.
The AGM of the bank is scheduled for July 17, 2021 through video conferencing and other audio visual means.
