South Korean chip workers at SK Hynix and Samsung have become highly sought-after in the dating market due to massive bonuses from the AI chip boom, with some employees receiving up to $476,000 extra …
South Korea's approval of single-stock leveraged ETFs on Samsung and SK Hynix triggered a $6 billion forced selling event on June 23, wiping nearly 10% off the Kospi and sending Nasdaq futures tumblin…
Concerns that artificial intelligence will disrupt Asia's real estate sector are overblown, as demand for digital infrastructure in developing countries remains strong regardless of the AI boom's traj…
South Korean stocks rebounded after Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced massive investment plans during a government briefing, with the Kospi recovering from a 3.4% drop to close down just 0.2%…
Asian markets were mixed on Monday as AI-related selloffs in Japan and South Korea dragged down regional indices, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 falling 1% and South Korea's Kospi losing 2%. Gains in Hong Ko…
Mirae Asset Securities research chief Park Yeon-ju said the dominance of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix in South Korea's Kospi index is justified by their outsized earnings contributions, with the t…
Emerging-market stocks fell over 2% on June 23, the steepest drop since May 15, led by a tech selloff that sent South Korean chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix plunging more than 12%. The decline was tr…
Asian shares plunged Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 4.4% and South Korea's Kospi dropping 7.7%, as traders sold to lock in profits from recent AI-driven rallies. The declines followed record …
Asian markets plunged Friday as investors sold to lock in gains from recent AI-driven rallies, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 shedding 5% and Seoul's Kospi plunging 8.4%. Major semiconductor names including …
Asian stock markets fell sharply on Monday, with South Korea's Kospi index plunging about 8% and triggering a temporary trading halt, led by heavy losses in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Japan's N…
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 2.3% on Friday, heading for a 5.8% weekly loss, its worst in over a year, as a renewed sell-off in technology stocks gripped Asian markets. The decline was exacerbated…
JPMorgan raised its 12-month target for South Korea's Kospi index to 12,500, keeping the country as its top Asia equity pick, citing AI-driven earnings that outweigh foreign selling and volatility. Th…
Asian markets rebounded Wednesday after a global tech-led selloff, with South Korea's Kospi jumping as Samsung Electronics recovered more than 9%. Investors await Micron Technology's earnings for sign…
Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Wednesday, with the Hang Seng Index rising 0.6%, contrasting with a 3.3% plunge in the Nasdaq 100 overnight driven by concerns over frothy tech valuations and unwinding o…
US stocks fell sharply as a sell-off in technology giants sparked concerns that the artificial intelligence rally driving the bull market may be overblown. The S&P 500 dropped 1.4%, the Nasdaq composi…
A sharp selloff in South Korean stocks, driven by leveraged bets on AI-related semiconductor stocks, cascaded into US tech markets on Tuesday, highlighting that leverage in AI trading poses a greater …
Asian shares traded mixed on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 jumping 1.6% and South Korea's Kospi gaining 0.4%, while U.S. futures fell and oil prices declined on progress in U.S.-Iran talks. Technolo…
South Korea's Kospi and Japan's Nikkei 225 hit record highs on June 18, 2026, driven by surging AI chip demand. SK Hynix joined the trillion-dollar club, while Samsung and Tokyo Electron led gains, wi…
Wall Street clawed back losses on Monday after a sharp Friday sell-off hit AI-related stocks, with the S&P 500 rising 0.7% and the Nasdaq gaining 1.4%. Chip and memory makers led the rebound as Micron…
The S&P 500 fell 2.64% on June 5, its worst single-day decline since October, as a broad sell-off in AI-related stocks dragged markets lower. The decline puts the index's nine-week winning streak at r…