Coal India- Fifth Most Valuable Indian Company

Coal India that made its debut on stock exchanges on 4 November 2010 became the country's fifth most valuable company with a market capitalisation of Rs 2.03 lakh crore within the first hour of trade in the opening day. State-run Coal India left behind Infosys, power utility NTPC Ltd, the country's largest private lender ICICI Bank, FMCG major ITC and engineering giant L&T to enter into the club of top 10 most valued firms. ONGC Ltd and State Bank of India were the only two public sector entities that are ahead of Coal India in terms of full market capitalisation.