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The domestic stock market has seen a continuous decline for the last few months. The Indian market had reached its peak in September 2025, since then the market has seen a continuous decline. During this period, the market capitalization of about 20 companies listed on BSE has gone below Rs 1 lakh crore.

These companies include big companies like Mankind Pharma, Tata Consumer Products, CG Power, Havells India, Dr Reddy's Labs, Apollo Hospitals, JSW Energy, Jindal Power & Steel, Info Edge, Samvardhan Motherson, Dabur, Zydus Lifesciences, ICICI Lombard, Indus Towers, Cummins India, Bosch, ICICI Prudential Life, Canara Bank and Polycab.

How many companies are still in the 1 lakh crore club?
Currently, the market cap of 86 companies is above Rs 1 lakh crore. In September 2024, this number was 106, that is, there has been a decrease of 19%. Meanwhile, five new companies have joined this club. These include Hyundai Motor India (which listed in 2024), Indian Hotels, Shree Cement, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and Max Healthcare. Their shares saw a good rise.

What is the reason for the fall in the market?
This correction in the market has happened due to many reasons. Continuous selling by foreign investors (FIIs), expensive valuations, weak earnings of companies, slowdown in economic growth and geo-political tensions after the US elections have affected the market. Sensex and Nifty fell more than 10% from their September highs. At the same time, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices witnessed a decline of about 15-15%. Better situation than before However, despite this improvement, the number of companies with a market cap above Rs 1 lakh crore has increased slightly between the end of the financial year 2024 and the beginning of 2025. Looking at the earlier data, there were 48-48 companies in the financial years 2023 and 2022, 36 in 2021, 19 in 2020 and 27 in 2018. Experts believe that there was more selling in the market, which brought the necessary improvement in valuation. Now is the time for investors to buy good stocks at the right price. Morgan Stanley's recent report calls it a buying opportunity. 


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