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| THE TOP TWENTY: A SECTORAL SNAPSHOT OF THE BT-500 |
| Sector Ranks By Value | Sector |
No. of Companies | Average Value Per Co. (Rs crore) | Total Value (Rs crore) | Market Value Growth (%) | Market Cap. 97 (% of BT-500) | Market Cap. 96 (% BT-500) | Total Sales | Sales Growth (%) | Sales 97 (% of BT-500) | Sales 96 (% of BT-500) | Total Net Profits (Rs crore) | Net Profit Growth (%) |
| 1 | AUTOMOBILES | 20 | 1,408.28 | 28,165.59 | 24.70 | 11.32 | 8.73 | 28,156.57 | 23.56 | 11.29 | 10.84 | 1,939.80 | 14.03 |
| 2 | CONSUMER NON-DURABLES | 21 | 1,256.32 | 26,382.65 | 12.83 | 10.60 | 9.04 | 15,331.99 | 46.05 | 6.15 | 5.00 | 1,005.49 | 23.65 |
| 3 | BANKING SERVICES | 11 | 1,546.72 | 17,013.93 | 2.86 | 6.84 | 6.40 | 16,521.85 | 32.85 | 6.63 | 5.92 | 2,839.92 | 22.40 |
| 4 | ENGINEERING | 25 | 544.03 | 13,600.72 | -0.30 | 5.47 | 5.27 | 13,375.67 | 17.55 | 5.36 | 5.41 | 923.09 | 4.43 |
| 5 | DRUGS & PHARMACEUTICALS | 35 | 385.34 | 13,486.80 | -1.25 | 5.42 | 5.28 | 8,679.20 | 21.21 | 3.48 | 3.41 | 882.85 | 7.65 |
| 6 | STEEL | 22 | 561.48 | 12,352.64 | -22.30 | 4.96 | 6.15 | 18,602.18 | 21.47 | 7.46 | 7.29 | 938.55 | -35.20 |
| 7 | PETROCHEMICALS | 4 | 2,834.96 | 11,339.85 | -12.53 | 4.56 | 5.01 | 10,241.61 | 5.42 | 4.11 | 4.62 | 1,427.57 | -6.82 |
| 8 | DIVERSIFIED | 15 | 690.87 | 10,363.06 | -23.38 | 4.16 | 5.23 | 14,720.74 | 13.17 | 5.90 | 6.19 | 850.25 | -20.58 |
| 9 | CEMENT | 13 | 648.52 | 8,430.74 | -7.28 | 3.39 | 3.52 | 7,913.08 | 7.36 | 3.17 | 3.51 | 570.31 | -31.68 |
| 10 | CIGARETTES | 3 | 2,712.23 | 8,136.68 | 20.81 | 3.27 | 2.60 | 7,356.13 | 12.16 | 2.95 | 3.12 | 387.64 | 25.82 |
| 11 | HOTELS | 10 | 781.20 | 7,812.02 | 23.35 | 3.14 | 2.45 | 1,841.39 | 18.49 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 545.66 | 17.61 |
| 12 | CHEMICALS | 20 | 364.57 | 7,291.32 | -5.24 | 2.93 | 2.97 | 5,484.89 | 30.59 | 2.20 | 2.00 | 765.69 | -1.19 |
| 13 | ALUMINIUM | 3 | 2,316.69 | 6,950.07 | 14.95 | 2.79 | 2.34 | 2,299.17 | -0.27 | 0.92 | 1.10 | 474.71 | -6.61 |
| 14 | POWER | 7 | 941.36 | 6,589.49 | 23.48 | 2.65 | 2.06 | 6,277.21 | 11.11 | 2.52 | 2.69 | 554.25 | -27.92 |
| 15 | AUTO COMPONENTS | 17 | 278.84 | 4,740.27 | 14.51 | 1.90 | 1.60 | 3,494.07 | 19.95 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 245.86 | 15.41 |
| 16 | TEXTILES | 16 | 264.12 | 4,225.89 | -14.44 | 1.70 | 1.91 | 5,906.79 | 11.51 | 2.37 | 2.52 | 324.89 | -41.07 |
| 17 | FERTILISERS | 9 | 464.39 | 4,179.52 | -28.31 | 1.68 | 2.25 | 8,823.74 | 11.03 | 3.54 | 3.78 | 831.81 | -19.01 |
| 18 | FINANCE & LEASING | 21 | 168.69 | 3,542.54 | -35.57 | 1.42 | 2.13 | 2,800.81 | 13.02 | 1.12 | 1.18 | 310.89 | -49.21 |
| 19 | CONSUMER DURABLES | 17 | 200.55 | 3,409.38 | -29.55 | 1.37 | 1.87 | 8,127.30 | 13.20 | 3.26 | 3.42 | 280.45 | -12.17 |
| 20 | TYRES | 8 | 337.06 | 2,696.45 | 22.75 | 1.08 | 0.85 | 7,577.63 | 19.89 | 3.04 | 3.01 | 174.81 | 42.64 |