Billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao gets richer on the day the stock market tumbles.

(Dan Tri) - Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has an additional 10 million USD, the only person on the list of billionaires whose assets have increased.

The stock trading session on September 5 brought a lot of emotions to investors with a surprising somersault.

In the morning session, the market excitedly surpassed the historical peak of 1,700 points, but in the afternoon, selling pressure increased, pushing the index down 29 points. VN-Index ended the week unable to protect its achievements, falling to 1,666.97 points.

Group of stocks related to billionaires fluctuated strongly in the trading session on September 5 (Screenshot).

In this session, VIC ( Vingroup ) shares, which were the main driving force for the market, at one point increased by nearly 4%, fell to the reference price. VHM (Vinhomes) shares fell by more than 2.2%, joining the group that negatively affected the general index.

VPL (Vinpearl) stock is the only code in the Vingroup "family" that increased slightly by 0.37% but could not save the general decline.

In the group of billionaire stocks, only VJC ( Vietjet Air) has maintained an increase of 1.43%. Since the beginning of July, this stock has continuously increased from 90,000 VND/unit to 142,000 VND/unit at present, an increase of 58% in just over 2 months.

The stock surge pushed the fortune of Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Chairwoman of Vietjet, to $3.6 billion, up $10 million in just one day. Thao was also the only billionaire whose fortune increased after yesterday's volatile market session, according to Forbes.

Fluctuations in billionaires' assets (Source: Forbes).

Meanwhile, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's assets remained unchanged at 12.7 billion USD. Billionaires Ho Hung Anh - Chairman of Techcombank and Nguyen Dang Quang - Chairman of Masan both decreased by about 25-26 million USD.

Billionaire Tran Dinh Long - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hoa Phat - saw the sharpest decrease in asset value because HPG shares fluctuated strongly after the exciting sessions. This code also had the sharpest decrease in the group of billionaire stocks with a decrease of 3.5%, to 28,800 VND/unit. Billionaire Long's assets correspondingly decreased by 107 million USD, to 2.9 billion USD.

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