New Delhi : While people in India were celebrating Diwali, the US stock market is witnessing a downfall. The stock market fell on Diwali day. Due to this, Gautam Adani's wealth decreased by $600 million. Now Adani is in the 18th position in the list of billionaires with a wealth of $93.5 billion. At the same time, Mukesh Ambani has lost $725 million and is in the 17th position with $101 billion. The wealth of the world's richest Tesla CEO has also decreased by $5.61 billion. All these billionaires are associated with tech companies.
Heavy fall on Diwali day
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.90% and closed at 41763. SNDP plunged 1.86% and closed at 5705 while Nasdaq recorded a huge fall of 2.76%. It plunged 512 points and closed at 18095. This fall also affected the wealth of American billionaires.
Zuckerberg's net worth decreased
.Steve Ballmer suffered a loss of $8.35 billion on Thursday. The wealth of this American billionaire, who is ranked 10th in the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, is now down to $142 billion. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth fell by $8.34 billion to $201 billion. However, this decline did not affect his ranking. Zuckerberg is still the third richest person in the world. The fall in tech stocks also affected Amazon owner Jeff Bezos. His wealth fell by $6.12 billion to $209 billion. Bezos is the second richest person in the world.
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