Reliance
Industries, HDFC Bank Ltd, Maruti Suzuki (India)Ltd,
Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd are recognized as the top five companies
that have contributed more than half of the gain in market capitalization (M-cap)
recorded by S&P BSE Sensex companies so far in the calendar year 2017. The
S&P BSE Sensex ended at 33,463 on Friday, and has rallied 26 percent or
6,836 points so far in 2017. By comparison, these five stocks surged between
56% and 72% during the period. Total M-cap
of Sensex companies increased by Rs 11.49 lakh crore to Rs 58.16 lakh crore. Of
these gain, the aforesaid five companies accounted for 63%, or Rs 7.18 lakh
crore gain during the period.