Oil to telecom major Reliance Industries on Thursday surpassed the Rs 10-lakh-crore in market capitalisation, becoming the first Indian company to do so.
RIL hit its 52-week high on the BSE at Rs 1,581.25 a share, rising 0.64 per cent. While RIL gained nearly 40 per cent during the last year, the Nifty50 index advanced over 13 per cent.
Reliance is followed by TCS as the second most valued firm. HDFC Bank, Hindustan Uniliver and HDFC were the others.Among RIL’s big ticket announcements was its aims to be net debt free by the end of financial year ending March 202.
The company had also announced selling 20 per cent stake in its refining and petrochemical business to Saudi Aramco.
