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The market capitalization of the world's top 100 corporations has raised $ 1.04 trillion (5 percent) to $ 21 trillion within a year. This highlights one of the top results of the "Global Top 100" ranking that PwC released on Tuesday. The ranking analyzes the world's top 100 companies by market capitalization. The analysis covers the period from March 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019 and compares the changes over the past ten years as well as regions and industries.

Dominance of US companies and India on the rise

The overall growth of the world's top 100 companies was due to difficult market conditions, at 5 percent, much slower than in 2018. At that time, growth was still at 15 percent. US companies still hold the "Global Top 100" ranking: For the fifth consecutive year, more than half (54) of the world's top companies are from the United States. Their market capitalization is 63 percent (2018, 61 percent).

China has declined

The Greater China region has declined 4 percent over the past 12 months, according to PwC, mainly due to trade uncertainty and its impact on local markets. However, China-based companies rank second among the regions. The country with the relatively best performance in the standings is India, although only two Indian companies are among the "Global Top 100." Strong domestic market share performance and robust earnings increased market capitalization by $ 63 billion (37 percent).

Stopping the trend is expected

"We expect the trend to continue and companies from China, India and other countries will continue to appreciate in value over the coming years," Christine Catasta, Senior Partner at PwC Austria. In contrast, Europe saw a decline of 5 percent overall. "Here, geopolitical challenges and the uncertainty caused by Brexit should have played a big role," says Catasta.

IT sector ahead: Microsoft replaces Apple

Ranking by industry, the fourth consecutive ranking is the tee sector, with a market capitalization of $ 5.691 trillion, ahead of the financial and healthcare sectors. However, the growth of the tea industry by 6 percent was significantly lower than in the previous year; In 2018, technology companies increased their value by an average of 34 percent.

For the first time in seven consecutive years, Apple has been replaced by Microsoft as the world's most valuable company. The US teh group had a market capitalization of $ 905 billion (growth: 29 percent compared to 5 percent at Apple).

"The four major US technology and technology companies Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Alphabet are still in their own league, but Chinese companies are likely to delay the mid-to-long-term weights, with a very large proportion of unicorns at 30 percent. Greater China speaks for it, "says Catasta. (Red)

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