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At the top: Asia's top companies by market cap
Business Asia, Feb, 2003
AT THE TOP
Asia's top companies by market cap
AUSTRALIA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Telstra Corp Telecoms 33,990.02 2
News Corp Multimedia 31,816.73 1
National Australia Bank Finance 28,582.38 3
BHP Billiton Minerals 22,553.73 4
Commonwealth Bank Finance 19,067.56 5
Australia and NZ Bank Finance 15,414.69 6
Westpac Banking Finance 14,696.35 7
Rio Tinto Metals, diversified 10,027.85 8
CHINA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
PetroChina Co Oil 37,194.05 1
China Petroleum Oil 32,665.43 2
China Telecom Telecommunications 14,638.32 3
Huaneng Power Electricity 7971.41 4
China United Telecommunications 7686.45 5
Baoshan Iron And Steel Steel 7120.00 6
China Merchants Bank Finance 6784.56 7
Jiangsu Express Public thouroughfares 5930.26 8
HONG KONG
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
China Mobile Telecoms 47,470.68 1
Hutchison Whampoa Diversified 27,190.14 2
Hang Seng Bank Finance 20,344.23 3
Cheung Kong Real Estate 15,144.35 4
The Nippon Fund Investment fund 14,707.87 6
Sun Hung Kai Properties Real Estate 13,820.79 5
BOC Hong Kong Finance 10,911.79 7
CNOOC Ltd Oil 10,641.45 8
INDIA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Oil and Natural Gas
Corp Oil 11,064.08 2
Infosys Tech Software 8602.96 1
Reliance Industries Petrochemicals 8064.08 3
Hindustan Lever Soap and Cleaning 7886.92 5
Wipro Ltd Software 6834.08 4
Indian Oil Corp Oil 3931.25 6
State Bank of India Finance 3684.10 8
ITC Ltd Tobacco 3311.21 7
INDONESIA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Telekomunikasi
Indonesia Telecoms 3931.20 1
PT Bank Negara Finance 2133.75 2
Unilever Indonesia Soap and Cleaning 1668.794 5
Gudang Garam Tobacco 1605.71 3
PT Bank Central Asia Finance 1528.52 6
HM Sampoerna Tobacco 1509.30 4
Astra Intl Automotive 949.96 --
Indosat Telecoms 856.68 --
JAPAN
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
NTT DoCoMo Telecoms 98,352.80 1
Toyota Motor Automotive 87,114.73 2
NTT Cord Telecoms 54,697.65 3
Sony Corp Audiovisual 39,456.61 4
Nissan Motor Automotive 34,556.66 7
Takeda Chemical Medical 33,828.98 5
Honda Motor Automotive 32,961.71 6
Canon Inc Office equipment 31,121.42 8
MALAYSIA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Tenaga Nasional Electricity 7819.48 1
Malayan Banking Finance 7534.58 2
Telekom Malaysia Telecoms 6500.62 3
Petronas Gas Gas 3826.78 6
Malaysia Intl Transport 3670.40 4
Maxis Comm Telecoms 3611.34 5
Public Bank BHD Finance 3278.12 8
Sime Darby Diversified 3213.35 7
PHILIPPINES
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
San Miguel Beverages 3147.46 1
Globe Telecom Telecoms 1495.06 4
Bank of Philippine
Islands Finance 1269.54 2
Ayala Corp Diversified 1146.44 3
Ayala Land Real Estate 977.56 5
SM Prime Real Estate 958.64 7
Philippine Long
Distance Telecoms 945.92 8
Metro Bank Finance 940.45 6
SINGAPORE
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
SingTel Telecoms 13,815.02 1
United O/S Bank Finance 9586.77 2
DBS Group Finance 8614.06 3
Singapore Airlines Airlines 6758.52 4
OCBC Bank Finance 6751.12 5
Flextronics Intl Electronics 4176.44 6
Singapore Press Hldgs Publishing 3854.37 7
Singapore Tech Eng Engineering 2868.56 8
SOUTH KOREA
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Samsung Electromcs Etectronics 38,167.78 1
SK Telecom Telecoms 12,965.96 2
KT Corp Telecoms 12,138.37 3
Kookmin Bank Finance 11,571.12 5
Korea Electric Electricity 10,638.48 4
Posco Steel 9677.34 6
LG Electronics Electronics 4697.14 8
Hyundai Motor Automotive 4644.68 7
TAIWAN
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Taiwan Semiconductor Electronics 27,003.19 1
Chunghwa Telecom Telecoms 15,833.70 3
Cathay Financial Holding co 11,074.74 5
United Micro Electronics 10,058.65 2
Advanced Semiconductor Electronics 8715.71 --
Fubon Financial Finance 7628.12 --
Hon Hai Precision Electronics 7075.03 4
Nan Ya Plastic Chemicals 6906.77 7
THAILAND
Rank
Industry Market Cap last
(US$) * month *
Siam Cement Building materials 3928.91 1
PTT Pcl Oil 2812.95 3
Advanced Info Telecoms 2419.52 2
Bangkok Bank Finance 2280.68 4
Krung Thai Bank Finance 2065.44 5
PTT Expl Oil 1966.98 6
Thai Farmers Bank Finance 1925.61 7
Siam Commercial Bank Finance 1507.97 --
All figures of 3 February 2003. Source: Bloomberg
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