Bajaj Finance leads top-10 market-cap gains after 28% Q1 profit growth

Nine of India’s 10 most valued companies added a combined ₹2.51 lakh crore in market value last week. Bajaj Finance was the biggest gainer, adding ₹80,345.97 crore after reporting 28% year-on-year consolidated Q1 FY27 PAT growth; HUL was the sole decliner.

— Filed Sun, 2 Aug, 2026, 11:42 IST · Source The Hindu BusinessLine · Updated

Nine of India’s 10 most valued companies added ₹2.51 lakh crore in market value last week. Bajaj Finance led gains after reporting 28% Q1 FY27 profit growth, while Reliance Industries gained ₹39,447 crore. Hindustan Unilever was the sole laggard.

Why this matters

The gain follows signals on Bajaj Finance’s 28% Q1 FY27 profit rise, 124.4 million customer base and a broker upgrade to Buy with a ₹1,300 target, while valuation views remained split.

Retail-company signals are accelerating by +222233% QoQ.