A huge decline has been seen in the Indian stock market amid tension in West Asia, pressure on currency and rise in crude oil prices. Sensex is trading down by about 12 percent this year and Nifty is down by about 10 percent. Foreign investors (FII) have continued selling. Meanwhile, a report has come which will give sleepless nights to Indian investors.
According to Bloomberg data, currently no Indian company is included in the world’s top 100 listed companies on the basis of market capitalization (MCap), whereas at the beginning of the year 2025, three Indian companies were included in this list. These included Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), HDFC Bank Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS).
Reliance Industries slipped here
However, the report states that now none of these companies holds a place in the top-100 ranking. According to a Moneycontrol report quoting Bloomberg data, India’s most valuable company Reliance Industries has slipped from 57th position at the beginning of 2025 and 73rd position at the beginning of 2026 to around 106th position globally.
The country’s most valuable HDFC Bank is now ranked 190th in the global ranking, which was at 97th position at the beginning of 2025. It is further reported that TCS, India’s largest software exporter company, has fallen from 84th position at the beginning of 2025 and 171st position at the beginning of 2026 to 314th position globally.
This place of Infosys and ITC
According to the report, Infosys, India’s second largest IT services company, is now ranked 590th globally, whereas it was ranked 198th at the beginning of 2025 and 330th at the beginning of 2026. Meanwhile, ITC slipped to 702nd position from 296th and 466th position in early 2025 and 2026 respectively.
Among other major Indian companies, Bharti Airtel ranked 202nd globally, up from 164th at the start of 2026. Similarly, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) slipped from 215th and 231st positions to 274th and 276th in early 2026.
Selling by foreign investors
There is continuous selling by foreign investors in the Indian stock market. In the year 2026, foreign institutional investors (FII/FPI) have made huge sales in the Indian stock market. According to BSE and NSDL based reports, from January till now (till May 2026), FII/FPI have withdrawn approximately Rs 2.20 lakh crore from the Indian equity market. Sales worth ₹60,847 crore have been seen in April alone. Whereas in May 2026, there has been a sale of Rs 27,048 crore.
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