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Asia-Pacific Stocks Open Lower as Wall Street Rally Pauses, South Korea Chipmakers Surge

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline, as investors digested fresh tech-driven volatility. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.4% and Topix slipped 0.9%, while South Korea’s SK Hynix surged 10% and Samsung Electronics hit record highs following OpenAI’s partnership with AMD to co-develop AI chips. The move reignited optimism in the semiconductor sector even as broader market sentiment stayed cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings later this week.
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Asia-Pacific Stocks Open Lower as Wall Street Rally Pauses, South Korea Chipmakers Surge

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline, as investors digested fresh tech-driven volatility. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.4% and Topix slipped 0.9%, while South Korea’s SK Hynix surged 10% and Samsung Electronics hit record highs following OpenAI’s partnership with AMD to co-develop AI chips. The move reignited optimism in the semiconductor sector even as broader market sentiment stayed cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings later this week.
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Asia tracks US weakness, but Korean chipmakers rally on AI news.
Asia-Pacific markets opened lower, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline, as investors digested fresh tech-driven volatility. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.4% and Topix slipped 0.9%, while South Korea’s SK Hynix surged 10% and Samsung Electronics hit record highs following OpenAI’s partnership with AMD to co-develop AI chips. The move reignited optimism in the semiconductor sector even as broader market sentiment stayed cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings later this week.

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline, as investors digested fresh tech-driven volatility. Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.4% and Topix slipped 0.9%, while South Korea’s SK Hynix surged 10% and Samsung Electronics hit record highs following OpenAI’s partnership with AMD to co-develop AI chips. The move reignited optimism in the semiconductor sector even as broader market sentiment stayed cautious ahead of key U.S. inflation data and corporate earnings later this week.
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