RIL becomes India's most valued firm again; surpasses TCS in market cap
Reliance Industries on Tuesday regained the status of the country's most valued firm in terms of market valuation, surging past information technology (IT) giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in intra-day trade.
At 01:02 PM; RIL market capitalisation (m-cap) stood at Rs 7.48 trillion, more than TCS' of Rs 7.40-trillion valuation, as per BSE data.
Earlier on April 11, 2018, RIL had m-cap of Rs 5.89 trillion and TCS of Rs 5.77 trillion on closing level basis.
Thus far in the month of July, RIL has rallied 21%, while TCS up 4.5% on the BSE. On comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 6%.
RIL hit a new high of Rs 1,181, up 2.8%, extending its 4% gain in past two trading days, after the company reported 17.9% year on year (yoy) growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 94.59 billion in June quarter (Q1FY19). During the June quarter, its consolidated revenue grew 41% yoy at Rs 993 billion.
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