Larsen & Toubro(L&T) - Sensex stocks 11
Larsen & Toubro:
Key data:
Industry: Construction, electrical equipment, financial and IT etc
No of shares: 1,696,229,639
Face value: Rs 2
BSE code: 500510
NSE code: LT
Key people: A M Naik
Share holding pattern (as on 30th Sep 2008):
Foreign & Institutional investors: 52.18%
Public & others: 47.82%
L&T was founded by two Danish engineers, Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro in Mumbai in 1938. Today the company has been diversified into construction, hydraulic equipment, electrical and electronic power services, fertilizer projects, medical electronics, financial services and information technology. Among all Construction business holds major part of its revenues. Read more
State Bank of India - Sensex stocks 9
SBI Limited:
Key data:
Industry: Banking
No of shares: 634,880,222
Face value: Rs 10
BSE code: 500112
NSE code: SBIN
Chairman: Om Prakash Bhatt
Share holding pattern (as on 30th June 2008):
Promoters: 59.41%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 24.22%
Public & others: 16.37%
SBI is the India’s largest commercial bank, in which Government of India is the biggest stakeholder. It has been listed in the
Fortune Global 500 list for year 2008 and ranked at 380. There are seven associate banks which comes under SBI. They have
been listed below: Read more
DLF Limited - Sensex stocks 8
DLF Limited: 
Key data:
Industry: Real estate and Construction
No of shares: 1,696,229,639
Face value: Rs 2
BSE code: 532868
NSE code: DLF
Chairman: Kushal Pal Singh
Share holding pattern (as on 30th June 2008):
Promoters: 88.16%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 7.18%
Public & others: 4.66%
DLF is the India’s largest real estate company head quartered in New Delhi, India. It has been established in 1946. The company has been listed on NSE and BSE in July 2007 with US $2 billion IPO, which has been one of the largest IPO’s in Indian stock exchange history. Read more
Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) - Sensex stocks 7
Tata Consultancy Services: 
Key data:
Industry: IT Consulting
No of shares: 978,236,509
Face value: Rs 1
BSE code: 532540
NSE code: TCS
Chairman & Managing Director: Chairman - Ratan TATA and MD - S Ramadorai
Share holding pattern (as on 30th June 2008):
Promoters: 76.36%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 17.51%
Public & others: 6.13%
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) which is a part of TATA group is the Asia’s largest software services and consulting company. It has over 1,10,000 employees spread across 47 countries. It generated revenues of over US $5.7 billion for the last financial year (31st March 2008). Read more
Reliance Communications - Sensex stocks 6
Reliance Communications: 
Key data:
Industry: Telecommunications
No of shares: 2,006,641,280
Face value: Rs 5
BSE code: 532712
NSE code: RCOM
Chairman & Managing Director: Anil Ambani
Share holding pattern (as on 30th June 2008):
Promoters: 66.12%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 18.94%
Public & others: 14.94%
Reliance Communications is the flagship company of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) of companies. Listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange with over 55 million customers. Read more

