South Korea's stock market extended its decline as heavy selling hit major chipmakers, including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Concerns over the sustainability of AI-related spending, rising Brent crude oil prices and uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs weakened investor sentiment. The combined pressures weighed on technology shares and pushed the KOSPI lower for another session.
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the selloff that carried South Korea's stock market lower again. Heavy selling hit the country's major chipmakers, and the KOSPI extended its decline.
Behind the move sat three pressures working on investor sentiment at the same time. The first was concern over the sustainability of AI-related spending. Next came rising Brent crude oil prices. Third was uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs.
None of the three acted alone. Combined, they weighed on technology shares and pushed the KOSPI index down for another session.
What the report does not give is a figure: no percentage for the session, no level for the index, no volume behind the selling.
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