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On Wednesday, Reliance Industries, which is fast nearing the Rs 10-lakh-crore market value mark, overtook BP Plc to become the world’s sixth-largest energy company in terms of market capitalisation. The RIL stock has rallied 6% in the past two days after the group’s telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm said it will increase call and data charges. The stock — which has risen 36% so far this year — is trading at 21 times FY20 estimated earnings and 3.5 times book value. The RIL stock ended up 2.47% at Rs 1,547 on the BSE Wednesday. RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $58 billion, remains the richest Asian. Alibaba’s Jack Ma is a distant second with a net worth of $42.8 billion. Ambani is the world’s 12th richest person on a list topped by Microsoft’s Bill Gates.
