But by the end of the day, his net worth jumped by $17 billion to $201 billion, the index reported, calling it his third-biggest daily increase ever. That market, which accounted for 31% of total revenue last year, is dominated by China. Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index has added just over 12% so far this week, while mainland China’s blue-chip CSI300 has gained more than 15%. However, experts urged investors to be cautious as officials must still come up with ways of stabilizing the property market, which once accounted for as much as 30% of economic activity. It began to cool in 2019 and fell into a deep trough about two years later, after a government-led clampdown on developers’ borrowing.

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Persons: Bernard Arnault isn’t, Arnault, LVMH, “, Nomura, Xi Jinping, Pan Gongsheng, Pan Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, LVMH, Bloomberg, Markets, People’s Bank of China Locations: China, Hong Kong, LVMH, Paris, Asia, “ Beijing