State-owned energy major ONGC today surpassed Reliance Industries to become country's most valued company

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with a market capitalisation of Rs 2.9 lakh crore.

At end of trade today, ONGC commanded a market value of Rs 2,90,587 crore, the highest for any listed company in the country. Shares of ONGC closed with a gain of 0.44 per cent at Rs 339.65 on the BSE.

On the other hand, RIL's m-cap stood at Rs 2,86,845 crore. Shares of the company ended 1.39% lower at Rs 886.55. With this, the company slipped to second position in the domestic market cap chart.

TCS with a market value of Rs 2,62,805 crore was at third place, while ITC (Rs 2,42,178 crore) was at fourth spot and Coal India (Rs 2,23,315 crore) at fifth position.

Market cap or value of a listed company is arrived at by multiplying the total number of its shares with its stock price on a particular day or time. This figure changes daily with the change in the stock price.