South Korea's $4 trillion equity market, driven by AI-related swings in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, is increasingly setting the tone for global stocks, with the Kospi's correlation to the Nasdaq…
Stocks have plunged due to a massive margin call and 'push-button liquidity' from leveraged trading, but Fundstrat's Tom Lee predicts a rebound, citing the AI sector's long-term strategic importance. …
US chip and memory stocks plunged in a selloff that erased over $1 trillion in market value, triggered by Broadcom's weak AI chip guidance and a strong jobs report raising rate hike expectations. Nvid…
SK Hynix's historic $26.5 billion U.S. listing on Nasdaq turned volatile as shares surged 14% on debut then fell 15.37% three days later, dragging South Korea's Kospi index down over 9%. The selloff r…
South Korea's Kospi index entered a technical bear market after a 20% decline from its record high, driven by leveraged AI stock trading reminiscent of China's 2015 market crash. Analysts warn the vol…
Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, with the MSCI Asia-Pacific index gaining about 1.8%, led by tech shares. South Korea's Kospi surged 8% after SK Hynix shares jumped 12.7% following a 27% rally in its U…
Oil prices jumped early Tuesday as fighting intensified in the Middle East, with Brent crude climbing to just over $84 a barrel, while Asian stocks fell, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelli…
SK hynix shares surged nearly 13% in their Wall Street debut, driven by soaring demand for memory chips amid the AI boom. The South Korean chipmaker raised $26.5 billion in the largest-ever U.S. IPO b…
SK Hynix shares jumped nearly 13% in their Wall Street debut, marking the largest initial share sale in the U.S. by a foreign company, as surging demand for AI-powered memory chips drives the company'…
SK Hynix priced its $26.5 billion American Depositary Receipt offering at $149 per share for a Nasdaq debut on July 10, amid a broader AI chip selloff that dragged down South Korea's Kospi index by ov…
Bain Capital executive Yuji Sugimoto said South Korean chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix maintain a structural advantage over Japan's Kioxia due to the top-down leadership and ownership structures of c…
Hong Kong stocks fell on Thursday, with the Hang Seng Index down 0.78%, as regional tech volatility offset short covering. Zhipu AI surged over 10% amid easing IPO share unlocking volatility, while Mi…
SK Hynix shares plunged 5.7% on Wednesday as a broad AI chip selloff overshadowed the company's upcoming Nasdaq debut, with South Korea's Kospi index falling 5.4% amid losses in Samsung Electronics an…
South Korea's Kospi index fell as much as 5.7%, bringing its decline from last month's all-time high to about 20%, as investors reassessed the outlook for artificial intelligence demand. Memory maker …
Samsung Electronics reported a nearly 19-fold surge in Q2 2026 operating profit to 89.4 trillion won, yet its stock fell 6.9% as investor expectations had already priced in AI-driven growth. The decli…
Samsung Electronics' strong Q2 2026 profit outlook triggered a global chip-stock selloff on July 7, 2026, with Micron and Intel shares falling as much as 8%. The selloff reflects investor concern abou…
US stock futures fell on July 7 after Samsung Electronics reported a record 19-fold profit increase for Q2 2026, triggering a sell-the-news event that wiped out over $80 billion in market value. Samsu…
Asian markets fell sharply on July 7, 2026, with South Korea's Kospi dropping 7.6% and shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each slumping 8.7%, despite Samsung reporting a 19-fold surge in opera…
Asian tech stocks slumped on July 2, 2026, as investors locked in profits after Samsung Electronics' shares surged over 180% earlier in the year. Samsung dropped 9% and SK Hynix fell up to 14.57%, dra…
Asian equities slipped in early July 2026 despite Samsung's forecast of an 18-fold profit surge driven by AI chip demand, while the Japanese yen slid to 40-year lows near 162 per dollar, reshaping the…