MUKESH AMBANI NO MORE ASIA'S RICHEST MAN
MUKESH AMBANI IS NO MORE RICHEST MAN OF ASIA
India’s energy tycoon Mukesh Ambani has lost the Asia’s Richest Man title to Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma following a sharp fall in oil prices and the resultant global stocks. The Reliance Industries Chairman’s lost $5.8 billion (INR 42,700 crore) on 9 March, as reported by Bloomberg.
With a net worth of $42.3 billion or INR 3.1 lakh crore, as on the day of filing this story, Ambani is placed on the 19th position on Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the richest people, preceded by Ma with net worth of $45.7 billion.
Oil price saw the steepest fall in the 29 years on 9 March as price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia intensified. In a struggle for market share while Saudi Arabia slashed its crude pricing in a bid to pump more output in the market, Russia, the largest producer who is not part of OPEC (The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), said it will ramp up production next month.
Brent Crude price has crashed to $36 per barrel from around $68 at the start of the current calender year.Brent Crude price has crashed to $36 per barrel from around $68 at the start of the current calender year.This all-out price war resonated through stocks of energy industry, with Reliance Industry shares slipping as much as 12 per cent on 9 March. The Indian stock market dipped by almost 2,000 points on 9 March hit by a variety of factors, including deepening Yes Bank crisis and rising coronavirus cases in the country, apart from the crash in global crude prices.
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