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South Korea's KOSPI craters nearly 9% as Fed fears hammer tech stocks

South Korea's KOSPI craters over 8% as Fed fears spark tech rout SEOUL, June 8 : South Korea's stock benchmark plunged over 8 per cent on Monday, tripping circuit breakers, after robust U.S. jobs data lifted bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike and unleashed a selloff in the tech‑heavy market that had powered the broader AI rally. The KOSPI fell 8.3 per cent to close at 7,484.41, marking its biggest daily fall since March 4. The index is now 15 per cent below the peak of 8,801.49 hit on June 2.

Korea’s Kospi Extends Losses on Chipmakers, War-Tied Jitters

The closing figures of South Korea's benchmark Kospi and Kosdaq indexes in Seou on June 8. Photographer: NurPhoto/NurPhoto

Goldman Lifts Kospi Target to 12,000, Upgrades Taiwan to Buy

The Korea Value-up and the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) displayed at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, May 7, 2026. South Korea’s equity market has overtaken Canada’s as the world’s seventh largest, propelled by insatiable demand for chips powering artificial intelligence.

South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Topix hit record highs as investors shrug off Iran tensions

Asia-Pacific markets rose as investors shrugged off renewed Iran tensions against ceasefire optimism.

Cracks Emerge in Kospi’s 105% Rally as Breadth Concerns Mount

Foreign investors have dumped billions of dollars of Korean stocks this year despite record rally. Here's why

Foreign investors have dumped billions of dollars' worth of South Korean stocks this year, even as the Kospi has emerged as one of the world's standout performers thus far, with record year-to-date gains. On Monday, overseas investors had unloaded a net 1.24 trillion won (about $801 million) worth of Kospi-listed shares as of 11am Singapore time (11p.m. ET Sunday), according to Korea Exchange data. "Foreign investors continued to sell the Kospi market, driven by outflows for Kospi Tech and...

Chip, chip ... boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms

South Korea’s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakersSouth Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world’s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some are raising concerns that the Kospi index is too dependent on two freshly minted trillion-dollar chipmaking companies. Chip company SK Hynix last...

Chip, chip ... boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms

South Korea’s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakersSouth Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world’s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some are raising concerns that the Kospi index is too dependent on two freshly minted trillion-dollar chipmaking companies. Chip company SK Hynix last...

Chip, chip ... boom? South Korea tech makers join the trillion-dollar club but some fear a short-circuit looms

South Korea’s Kospi stock market has hit record highs thanks to AI, but experts urge caution over boom-bust cycles and a heavy reliance on two chipmakersSouth Korea has leapfrogged India to become the world’s sixth largest share market, leaving equity markets in the UK, Germany and France trailing in its dust. But despite the runaway success, some are raising concerns that the Kospi index is too dependent on two freshly minted trillion-dollar chipmaking companies. Chip company SK Hynix last...

Asia tech stocks extend sell-off with SoftBank down over 7% as investors sour on AI-linked names

Asian tech stocks extended their sell-off Monday, as investors sour on global AI-linked plays with the U.S. tech-heavy Nasdaq declining more than 4.5% last week. Memory chip behemoths and heavyweights on South Korea's Kospi Index Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell 5% and 2%, respectively. The Kospi plunged as much as 8% as the two companies make up over 40% of the index.