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Investors' wealth soars by Rs 77.66 lakh crore in 2024
Stock market investors became richer by a whopping Rs 77.66 lakh crore in 2024, helped by an overall optimistic trend in equities, where the BSE Sensex surged over 8 per cent.
Dr.G.R.Balakrishnan Jan 02 2025 Exim & Trade News

Investors' wealth soars by Rs 77.66 lakh crore in 2024

Analysts said the year witnessed a tug of war between the bulls and bears marked by volatility but, despite the uncertainties around the world, the Indian markets sustained the pressure and delivered impressive returns. "The year 2024 has been a challenging yet rewarding one for the markets."The Nifty steadily climbed from January to September, reaching a historic high of 26,277.35, before giving up some gains to still close the year with an impressive rise. "This marked Nifty's ninth consecutive year of positive returns, despite FIIs selling shares," Prashanth Tapse, senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities Ltd, said.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 5,898.75 points or 8.16 per cent this year. The BSE benchmark index hit its all-time high of 85,978.25 on September 27. Thanks to the overall optimistic trend in equities, the market capitalisation (mcap) of BSE-listed firms surged Rs 77,66,260.19 crore to Rs 4,41,95,106.44  crore ($5.16 trillion) in 2024.

The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies hit the coveted Rs 400-lakh crore mark for the first time on April 8 this year.

The market cap of these firms had hit the Rs 300-lakh crore mark in July last year.

Markets came under bear attack from October onwards amid worries over foreign investors fleeing the domestic market and stretched valuations of the equities. In October alone, the BSE benchmark slumped 4,910.72 points or 5.82 per cent. October saw an unprecedented foreign fund outflow of Rs 94,017 crore -- the largest monthly withdrawal on record -- amid increased allocations to China, muted corporate earnings, and high valuation of Indian stocks. https://imworld.rediff.com/worldrediff/pix/blank.gif

Reliance Industries is the country's most valued firm with a market valuation of Rs 16,44,792.26 crore, followed by Tata Consultancy Services (Rs 14,82,402.82 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 13,55,520.10 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 904,975.61 crore) and Bharti Airtel (Rs 904,583.72 crore) in the top-five order. In 2023, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed sharply by Rs 81.90 lakh crore.

Investors became richer by more than Rs 16.38 lakh crore in 2022.