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Three of Top 10 Indian Firms lost Rs 1 trillion in m-cap
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Three of Top 10 Indian Firms lost Rs 1 trillion in m-cap

Three of the top 10 and India’s most valued companies together saw a dissolution of ₹1,07,026.12 crore in market capitalisation last week where IT major TCS took the biggest knock. The three companies that witnessed the same were Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ITC and Infosys. The firms suffered a decline in their valuation for the week ended on Friday. On the other hand, RIL, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), HDFC, SBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Maruti Suzuki India ended with gains. Altogether, the erosion suffered by the three companies was higher than the combined gain of Rs 97,498.38 crore that was made by the rest of the seven firms. The valuation of TCS plunged by Rs 85,330.17 crore Rs 7,19,857.48 crore. On the other hand, the market cap of Infosys slumped ₹18,696.68 ...
Pokemon GO Makers Market Cap Doubles to $42 billion
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Pokemon GO Makers Market Cap Doubles to $42 billion

Shares of Japan's Nintendo Co soared another 14 percent on Tuesday, more than doubling the firm's market capitalization to 4.5 trillion yen ($42.5 billion) in just seven sessions since the mobile game Pokemon GO was launched in the United States. The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO - now available in 35 countries, the majority in Europe, and most recently in Canada - has triggered massive buying in Nintendo shares, surprising even some seasoned market players. "I've never seen the trend of such a big company's shares changing so quickly in such a short period of time," said Takashi Oba, senior strategist at Okasan Securities. Nintendo shares ended Tuesday up 14.4 percent at 31,770 yen, bringing its gains to more than 100 percent since the launch of the game on July 6. Turnover in ...