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Indian blue-chip firms fall in global rankings amid market selloff, Reliance, HDFC Bank, TCS, Infosys see sharp ranking declines, Only 11 Indian companies remain in global top 500 by mcap

* Indian blue-chip firms fall in global rankings amid market selloff
* Reliance, HDFC Bank, TCS, Infosys see sharp ranking declines
* Only 11 Indian companies remain in global top 500 by mcap

Indian blue-chip firms have dropped sharply in global rankings due to market selloff, foreign investor outflows, and geopolitical tensions. Only 11 Indian companies remain in the top 500 by market cap, down from 18 in September 2024; Reliance now ranks 84th.

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The recent selloff in Indian markets, driven by continued foreign investor outflows and geopolitical tensions, has led to a sharp decline in the global rankings of several Indian blue-chip companies, with some firms dropping out of the top 500 stocks by market capitalisation.

Reliance Industries Ltd, India’s largest company by mcap, is currently ranked 84th among the top 500 global stocks, down from 73rd at the start of 2026 and 55th in September 2024. Similarly, HDFC Bank, the country’s largest lender, has slipped to 148th position from 96th at the beginning of the year and 105th in September 2024, while ICICI Bank has declined to 247th from 168th at the start of the year.

Tata Consultancy Services, India’s largest software exporter, has seen a sharp fall in rankings to 260th from 83rd at the start of 2026, while Infosys, the country’s second-largest IT services firm, has dropped to 481st from 197th at the start of the year and 205th in September 2024.

Other major companies have also witnessed declines, with Bajaj Finance and Hindustan Unilever Ltd ranked 446th and 473rd, respectively, compared with 438th and 334th at the start of 2026, and 388th and 248th in September 2024.

Life Insurance Corporation of India and Larsen &amp;amp; Toubro have also seen significant declines, with current rankings at 486th and 493rd, respectively, compared with 326th and 369th at the start of 2026, and 279th and 363rd in September 2024.



The number of Indian companies in the global top 500 has also declined, with 11 firms currently featuring on the list, Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Tata Consultancy Services, Bajaj Finance, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Larsen &amp;amp; Toubro, down from 15 at the start of 2026 and 18 in September 2024.

Several companies have exited the rankings, including ITC, HCL Technologies, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, and Mahindra &amp;amp; Mahindra, which were present at the start of 2026. Earlier, NTPC, Maruti Suzuki India, and Tata Motors, which featured in September 2024, have also dropped out.

The correction in Indian markets was triggered by geopolitical tensions involving Iran, Israel, and the US, along with stretched valuations, subdued earnings growth, the absence of domestically listed artificial intelligence-related firms, and continued selling pressure from FIIs.

Rising crude oil prices above $100 per barrel have further added to concerns, posing risks to macroeconomic stability. With India importing around 85 percent to 90 percent of its crude requirements, higher oil prices are expected to impact the trade balance, inflation, and fiscal position.

So far in 2026, the Sensex and Nifty have declined more than 10 percent each, while the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices have fallen over 9 percent and 12 percent, respectively. FIIs have sold more than $6.89 billion worth of Indian equities during the year.

Globally, Nvidia ranks as the world’s most valuable company with a mcap of $4.45 trillion, followed by Apple and Google in second and third positions with mcap of $3.71 trillion and $3.7 trillion, respectively. Microsoft Corp and Amazon rank fourth and fifth, while Aramco and Meta Platforms occupy the sixth and seventh positions.

Among the top 500 listed firms globally, the US has the highest representation with 254 companies, followed by China and Japan with 41 and 34 firms, respectively. Canada and France have 20 companies each, while Britain and Germany account for 18 and 15 firms, respectively, in the global top 500 by mcap.

Indian blue chips slip in global rankings as market selloff weighs on valuations

Stocks in Focus, March 18: Shree Cement, Varun Beverages, Swan Defence, Strides Pharma, CESC, Mafatlal Industries, Ceigall India, Aurobindo Pharma, Urban Company, Apsis Aerocom

* Stocks in Focus, March 18: Shree Cement, Varun Beverages, Swan Defence, Strides Pharma, CESC, Mafatlal Industries, Ceigall India, Aurobindo Pharma, Urban Company, Apsis Aerocom

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Let's catch up on the latest news from the stock market. From significant investments to major deals, quarterly earnings, acquisitions, and order wins, here’s a quick look at which stocks will be in focus in today's trade:

Results Today

Gaudium IVF and Women Health, Dharti Proteins, and Milestone Furniture will release their quarterly earnings today.

Quarterly Earnings Update

Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions Q3 (Consolidated QoQ)

Profit grows 9.4% to Rs 27.6 crore Vs Rs 25.3 crore

Revenue falls 20.4% to Rs 422.5 crore Vs Rs 530.6 crore

Other income increases to Rs 43.8 crore Vs Rs 27.4 crore

Stocks to Watch

Shree Cement

The company has been declared the preferred bidder for the Dommarnandyala-1 limestone block in YSR Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, which spans an area of 373 hectares.

Varun Beverages

The company’s subsidiary, The Beverage Company Proprietary, has executed an agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in Crickley Dairy Proprietary, South Africa, for Rs 131.4 crore. The acquisition aims to diversify its product portfolio into new categories, including value-added dairy and juice-based drinks.

Swan Defence and Heavy Industries

Promoter Hazel Infra will sell up to 26.38 lakh equity shares (5.01% stake) via an offer-for-sale on March 18–19. The floor price for the offer is Rs 1,900 per share.

Strides Pharma Science

The company, through its step-down subsidiary Strides Pharma International AG (SPIAG), has entered into definitive agreements with Sandoz AG, Switzerland, and its group entities for the acquisition and in-licensing of a portfolio of branded generic products across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As part of the deal, the portfolio includes multiple brands across anti-infective, cardiovascular, and dermatology therapeutic segments.

CESC

The company has issued four Letters of Award to the following entities—Purvah Green Power (its subsidiary), Vismaya Renewables India Projects, Hexa Climate Solutions, and Sprng Energy—for setting up wind-solar hybrid power projects.

Mafatlal Industries

The company has secured a five-year order worth Rs 114 crore from the Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC) for setting up 500 robotic laboratories across 16 districts in Odisha under the School and Mass Education Department.

Tech Mahindra

The company’s subsidiary, Tech Mahindra London, has executed a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement with Midad Company to acquire Midad’s 20% equity stake in Tech Mahindra Arabia, a subsidiary of the company, following the exercise of a put option by Midad, for Rs 206.2 crore.

Post this transaction, Tech Mahindra Arabia will become a wholly owned subsidiary.

Hexaware Technologies

The company has launched Agentverse, an enterprise AI agent platform featuring 600+ ready-to-deploy AI agents designed to help organizations operationalise agentic AI across business and technology functions.

Wipro

The company has announced a collaboration with Harness, an AI software delivery platform company, to help global enterprises accelerate AI-native software delivery with greater speed, reliability, and governance.

Ceigall India

The company’s subsidiary, Ceigall Infra Projects (CIPPL), has emerged as the L1 bidder for two projects worth Rs 207 crore from Punjab Infrastructure Development. The projects involve the construction and development of world-class urban streets in Ludhiana under the Hybrid Annuity Model.

Aurobindo Pharma

The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) inspected Unit-II of the company’s subsidiary, Eugia Pharma Specialities, at RIICO Industrial Area, Rajasthan, from November 3 to November 14, 2025, and issued a Form 483 with nine observations.

Subsequently, the US FDA has classified the inspection status of this unit as Official Action Indicated (OAI).

Tata Steel

The board has approved the merger of Neelachal Ispat Nigam with Tata Steel.

Further, the company will invest up to $2 billion (around Rs 18,488.10 crore) via subscription to equity shares of its foreign subsidiary, T Steel Holdings, in one or more tranches from FY2026–27 onwards.

India Glycols

The board has declared an interim dividend of Rs 7.5 per share for FY2025–26 and has fixed March 23 as the record date to determine shareholders’ eligibility for the dividend.

JK Cement

The company’s subsidiary, JK Cement Saifco (Saifco), has received a notice from the Office of the Deputy Controller, Legal Metrology Department (Enforcement), Jammu &amp;amp; Kashmir, citing lack of packaging registration, a non-functional customer care number, and non-verification of electronic weighing scales.

The company has sought an extension from the concerned department to respond to the notice.

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries

Manufacturing operations at one of the two high-pressure moulding lines at the Solapur plant have been temporarily affected from March 17 until further notice.

The management is monitoring the current supply chain crisis and exploring alternate sources or resources to minimise the impact of the disruption.

Tamilnadu Petroproducts

The company’s HCD plant has been shut down due to business factors arising from the ongoing geopolitical situation in the Middle East.

This temporary shutdown constitutes a force majeure event, as it is beyond the company’s control, and the impact cannot be quantified at this stage.

Bulk Deals

Urban Company

SBI Mutual Fund has acquired an additional 3.5 crore equity shares at Rs 109.85 per share and 2.2 crore shares at Rs 109.83 per share, taking its total stake to 3.98%, valued at Rs 632.2 crore. The fund house already held a 1.89% stake in the home, beauty, and wellness services provider as of December 2025.

Meanwhile, ABG Capital, which held a 1.36% stake as of December 2025, offloaded 1.74 crore shares (1.2% stake) in Urban Company at Rs 109.85 per share for Rs 191.2 crore.

DF International Partners II exited Urban Company by selling its entire 1.76 crore shares (1.22% stake) at the same price for Rs 193.9 crore. Wellington Management Company-owned private equity vehicle, Wellington Hadley Harbor AIV Master Investors (Cayman) III, also exited by selling 1.58 crore shares each at Rs 109.93 and Rs 109.86 per share, amounting to a 2.2% stake worth Rs 349.2 crore.

Filatex Fashions

Promoter Prabhat Sethia sold 6.03 crore shares (0.72% stake) at Rs 0.17 per share, valued at Rs 1.02 crore.

So far this month, the promoter has offloaded a 2.29% stake in Filatex Fashions.

SME Listing

Apsis Aerocom

Stocks Trade Ex-Date for Dividend

Banco Products (India)
Mishra Dhatu Nigam

Stocks in F&amp;amp;O ban

SAIL
Sammaan Capital

Stocks to Watch Today: Shree Cement, Varun Beverages, Swan Defence, Strides Pharma, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Ceigall, Aurobindo Pharma in focus on 18 March

SBI MF buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company, Wellington Management, DF International exit Urban Company, ABG Capital offloads 1.2% stake in Urban Company

* SBI MF buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company
* Wellington Management, DF International exit Urban Company
* ABG Capital offloads 1.2% stake in Urban Company

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SBI Mutual Fund has acquired additional 4 percent equity stake in Urban Company, the tech-driven platform providing home services, for Rs 632 crore, while Wellington Management Company, and DF International Partners exited the company via open market transactions on March 17.

Urban Company shares fell 2.76 percent to Rs 110.11 amid high volumes, despite rally in equity markets. The stock has been range-bound in the last four sessions especially after hitting all-time low.

SBI Mutual Fund has bought additional 3.5 crore equity shares at Rs 109.85 per share, and 2.2 crore shares at Rs 109.83 per share, totalling to 3.98 percent stake valued at Rs 632.2 crore.

The fund house already held 1.89 percent shareholding in the home, beauty, and wellness services provider as of December 2025.

However, ABG Capital, which held 1.36 percent stake as of December 2025, offloaded 1.74 crore shares (1.2 percent stake) in Urban Company at Rs 109.85 per share for Rs 191.2 crore.

DF International Partners II exited Urban Company by selling all 1.76 crore shares (1.22 percent stake) at same price for Rs 193.9 crore.

Wellington Management Company-owned private equity vehicle Wellington Hadley Harbor AIV Master Investors (Cayman) III also exited Urban Company by selling 1.58 crore shares each at Rs 109.93 per share and Rs 109.86 per share, totalling to 2.2 percent stake worth Rs 349.2 crore.

Meanwhile, Filatex Fashions shares remained in action, closing unchanged at Rs 0.17 compared to previous level, the all-time low. Promoter Prabhat Sethia sold 6.03 crore shares (0.72 percent stake) at Rs 0.17 per share, valued at Rs 1.02 crore.

In current month so far, the promoter offloaded 2.29 percent stake in Filatex Fashions, the textile company.

Sangam E-com has acquired 39.6 lakh shares in Akme Fintrade (India) at Rs 8.53 per share for Rs 3.37 crore. The stock rallied 3.93 percent to Rs 8.46 on the National Stock Exchange.

SBI MF buys additional 4% stake in Urban Company; Wellington Management, DF International exit

Fractal Analytics shares rise 4.6 percent after LLM Studio launch., LLM Studio enables GenAI customisation using NVIDIA NeMo and NIM., Platform to be demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC 2026 in San Jose.

* Fractal Analytics shares rise 4.6 percent after LLM Studio launch.
* LLM Studio enables GenAI customisation using NVIDIA NeMo and NIM.
* Platform to be demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC 2026 in San Jose.

Fractal Analytics shares rose nearly 5% after launching LLM Studio, an enterprise platform for GenAI customisation using NVIDIA tools. The platform enables organisations to build and manage tailored language models and will be showcased at NVIDIA GTC 2026.

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Fractal Analytics shares rose about 5 percent on Tuesday after the company announced the launch of LLM Studio, an enterprise platform aimed at enabling GenAI customisation using NVIDIA NeMo and NVIDIA NIM Microservices.

The stock advanced 4.6 percent to Rs 799.9 per share on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). The gain comes after two consecutive sessions of decline in the share price.

The rise followed the company informing exchanges about the launch of LLM Studio, which it said is an enterprise platform that enables organisations to build and run language models tailored to their business needs.

According to the company, the platform is designed for teams seeking greater control over how models are governed, deployed and managed in production environments.

The company said LLM Studio will be demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC 2026, the AI and accelerated computing conference organised by NVIDIA, scheduled to be held from March 16 to 19, 2026 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

LLM Studio enables enterprises to design, build, evaluate and operate domain-adapted language models using open-source models, powered by NVIDIA AI infrastructure and software stack, the company said. The platform brings together two modules — AutoLLM and LLMOps.

Shares of Fractal Analytics had settled nearly 6 percent lower on their debut day at Rs 847.15 per share on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), down 5.87 percent on February 16, 2026.

Disclaimer: The views and investment tips expressed by investment experts on Moneycontrol.com are their own and not those of the website or its management. Moneycontrol.com advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decisions.

Fractal Analytics shares rise 5% on launch of LLM Studio to bring GenAI customisation

Redington shares drop 5% amid Gulf region disruptions., Operations in Gulf restricted amid geopolitical tensions., Freight, insurance, and logistics costs have increased.

* Redington shares drop 5% amid Gulf region disruptions.
* Operations in Gulf restricted amid geopolitical tensions.
* Freight, insurance, and logistics costs have increased.

Redington shares fell over 5% after its Gulf subsidiary restricted operations due to geopolitical tensions, causing shipment rerouting, port closures, higher costs, and delayed payments. The company is prioritizing capital preservation amid uncertainty.

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Redington shares fell more than 5 percent on Tuesday after the company said operations of its arm in the Gulf region are being carried out in a restricted manner due to ongoing geopolitical tensions.

The stock declined 5.15 percent to an intraday low of Rs 221 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The shares have been falling for the past five trading sessions and have dropped more than 12 percent during this period.

In an exchange filing, the company said its step-down subsidiary, Redington Gulf FZE, has restricted operations in the Gulf region amid the ongoing geopolitical situation.

The company said the disruption has led to rerouting of shipments and closure of major ports and airspace, resulting in longer transit times.

It also cited higher working capital requirements due to increased inventory levels and requests from customers for delayed payments. The company said the business is prioritising capital preservation in the current environment.

Redington further said freight, insurance and logistics costs have increased. Insurance providers have also revoked war risk coverage for companies operating in the region, and alternative arrangements are being evaluated.

The company said it has implemented enhanced safety protocols and business continuity plans across affected locations and continues to operate in compliance with international regulations, trade restrictions and sanctions.

&quot;At this stage, it is not possible to reliably quantify the financial impact, as it would depend on the duration and intensity of the situation,&quot; the company said.

Disclaimer: The views and investment tips expressed by investment experts on Moneycontrol.com are their own and not those of the website or its management. Moneycontrol.com advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decisions.

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