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Petro皇冠体育app takes top spot on FT 500 list

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-05-31 11:45
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Petro皇冠体育app has overtaken Exxon Mobil to rank first in the latest Financial Times annual list of the world's 500 most valuable listed companies, with a market capitalization of $329.3 billion. It's the first time for a Chinese company to secure the top spot in this 14-year-old ranking. Last year it ranked second.

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Industrial & Commercial Bank of 皇冠体育app retains its fourth position, with a market value of $246.4 billion, and 皇冠体育app Mobile falls to No 10 from last year's No 5; its market value is $193 billion.

Altogether 45 Chinese companies made the list, and 21 of them are from the mainland.

FT Global 500, based on listed companies' market capitalization, gives an overview of the world's largest companies.

This year's total capitalization of the 500 enterprises increased from $15.6 trillion to $23.5 trillion, up by 50.6 percent, the greatest increase in 10 years. It is believed to be a sign that the global economy is recovering from the recession.