Total market valuation of all listed companies on the BSE touched a record high of Rs 130 lakh crore today helped by strong gains in the broader market.

The BSE 30-share Sensex was trading higher by 153.91 points after touching a life-time high of 31,885.11.

Led by market gains, market capitalisation (m-cap) of BSE-listed companies rose to Rs 1,30,13,277 crore (over $2 trillion). There are over 5,200 companies listed on the BSE, of which over 2,666 are traded actively.

The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 54.30 points to 9,825.35. From the 30-share pack, 18 stocks were trading in the green led by Tata Motors, Infosys, NTPC and TCS.

The total market valuation of all listed firms on the BSE had hit Rs 100 lakh crore level on November 28, 2014.

RIL is the most valued company in the country with a market valuation of Rs 4,86,060.31 crore followed by TCS (Rs 4,75,298.47 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 4,34,136.90 crore), ITC (Rs 4,02,601.24 crore) and HDFC (Rs 2,62,046.92 crore).

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