South Korea freezes new single-stock leveraged ETF listings
What's new: Regulators also lifted the minimum deposit for leveraged ETFs to 30 million won from 10 million won, effective Aug. 5.
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#Sk Hynix
South Korea’s Kospi swings now steer global AI chip stocks
Why it matters: The Kospi’s 60-day correlation with the Nasdaq 100 has climbed to 0.46, near a two-year high and almost triple its five-year average.
Chip selloff deepens as SOX enters bear market, Asian stocks fall
Why it matters: The Philadelphia chip index has dropped 20.2% from its June peak, pressuring AI-linked shares from Seoul to Wall Street.
IBM shares plunge 25% after Q2 results miss Wall Street estimates
What's new: IBM posted adjusted earnings of $2.93 a share on $17.2 billion in revenue, both below FactSet forecasts.
Bloomberg, CNBC +1
SK Hynix drops 15% in Seoul after $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut
Why it matters: The sell-off helped drive the Kospi down 9% and triggered a 20-minute trading halt in South Korea.
SK Hynix sinks 15% in Seoul as post-Nasdaq rally reverses
What's new: The sell-off helped drive the Kospi down 9% and triggered a 20-minute trading halt in South Korea.
Bloomberg, MarketWatch
SK Hynix drops 15%; chip sell-off triggers KOSPI trading halt
What's new: The stock's plunge left its US ADRs trading about 37% above the Seoul share price after a $26 billion listing.
Bloomberg, MarketWatch
SK Hynix jumps 13% in Nasdaq debut after US$26.5 billion ADR sale
What's new: The chipmaker priced its ADRs at US$149 and plans to use the proceeds for new factories and equipment to meet AI-memory demand.
Earlier: SK Hynix jumps 13% in Nasdaq debut after $26.5 billion ADR saleSeries: Sk Hynix · Nasdaq Adr Debut · 3 chapters since Jul 10SK Hynix drops 15.4% in Seoul after 13% Nasdaq debut jump
What's new: The slide was the stock's biggest on record as investors took profits and reassessed AI-memory demand and valuation gaps.
SK Hynix drops 15% in Seoul after $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut
What's new: The selloff helped drive the KOSPI down 9% and triggered a 20-minute trading halt in South Korea.
SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in U.S. ADR sale tied to AI boom
What's new: The Nasdaq offering was more than seven times oversubscribed and will help fund new factories and chip equipment.
Kospi hits record highs even as valuation falls below 2008 crisis
Why it matters: The benchmark trades at just 6.4 times forward earnings after an 80% rally, leaving investors split on how long the AI memory boom can last.
SK Hynix jumps 13% in Nasdaq debut after $26.5 billion ADR sale
Why it matters: The AI-memory leader opened a major new path for US investors to buy into South Korea's chip boom.
SK hynix jumps on Wall Street after record $26.5 billion US listing
What's new: The South Korean chipmaker topped Alibaba's foreign IPO record as investors piled into an AI-linked semiconductor play.
SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in biggest US foreign listing
What's next: The Nasdaq debut gives the AI memory-chip supplier fresh capital for factories and equipment as data-center demand surges.
SK Hynix raises $26.5 billion in biggest US foreign listing
What's next: The chipmaker plans to use the money for new factories and equipment as AI memory demand keeps climbing.
SK Hynix’s planned US listing drew demand more than 7 times supply
What’s next: The chipmaker is set to price the deal Thursday, in a sale that could raise about $24.5 billion to $28 billion.
Bloomberg, BBC News (World) +2
SK Hynix US share sale draws 7 times demand ahead of pricing
What's next: The chipmaker aims to raise about $28 billion, with Nasdaq trading set to start Friday before regular trading on July 13.
Samsung shares sink 7% despite 1,800% profit jump in Q2
What's new: Investors focused on AI-spending worries, rising bonus costs and new chip-plant spending rather than Samsung's record earnings.
Bloomberg, CNBC +1
Samsung Q2 operating profit jumps 19-fold to 89.4 trillion won
What's new: The preliminary result beat analyst forecasts as AI-driven shortages lifted DRAM and NAND prices sharply.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore) +1
Asian shares fall as chip stocks slide; Kospi drops 2.4%
Why it matters: Investors are testing whether the AI-driven stock rally can survive earnings season and fallout from the Iran war's energy shock.
Samsung, SK Hynix sink 8.3% as Asian tech sell-off hits Kospi
Why it matters: The Kospi dropped 6.7% as investors rotated out of chip stocks despite Samsung’s profit surge.
Micron jumps 16% after AI-driven forecast tops Wall Street
What's new: Micron projected fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of about $50 billion, far above the $43.2 billion analysts expected.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
Asian stocks jump as Micron outlook revives AI chip rally
What's new: Nasdaq 100 futures rose nearly 2% and oil fell below pre-war levels, easing pressure on regional markets after a two-day slide.
SK Hynix targets $29.4 billion US listing to expand AI chip output
What's next: Trading is expected to begin July 10, in a deal that would rank among the five biggest share sales ever.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore) +2
Asian stocks jump as Micron outlook lifts chip shares
What's new: South Korea's Kospi surged nearly 6%, while Nasdaq 100 futures climbed about 2% after Micron projected another record quarter.
Nasdaq drops 2% as AI sell-off hammers Micron, Nvidia and chip stocks
What's next: Investors are watching Micron earnings Wednesday for clues on whether the AI spending boom can still support rich valuations.
Bloomberg, BBC News (US & Canada) +3
South Korea's KOSPI jumps 4.1% after nearly 10% sell-off
What's new: Samsung Electronics rose more than 9% and SK Hynix gained 5%, while foreigners sold 626.3 billion won in shares.
Bloomberg, Channel News Asia
South Korea's KOSPI plunges 10% as chip stocks trigger trading halt
Why it matters: Samsung and SK Hynix now make up more than half the index, magnifying losses as AI-driven bets unwind.
Asian stocks swing lower as tech rout deepens, oil stays below $80
What's new: South Korea's Kospi fell more than 3% as SK hynix and Samsung slid, while crude held losses after progress in US-Iran talks.
Emerging-market profits beat estimates for first time since 2022
Why it matters: Stronger earnings across Asian tech, Indian energy and Brazilian utilities bolster the case that this year’s nearly 30% rally has firmer footing.
South Korea’s Kospi jumps 90% as MSCI review nears on June 23
What’s next: Investors expect MSCI to keep South Korea in emerging markets for now as it tests market-access reforms.
Banks raise costs on leveraged SK Hynix, Samsung stock bets
What's new: Some swap financing jumped to nearly 15%, up from roughly 4.6% to 5.6% above benchmark rates in early May.
Asian tech stocks rebound after Wall Street chip rally
What's new: Seoul's Kospi recovered much of Monday's 8.3% plunge, while SK Hynix jumped 6.44% as investors returned to AI shares.
Bloomberg, Channel News Asia +1
Kospi sinks 8.3% as AI-driven tech sell-off hits Asian markets
What's new: Trading in Seoul briefly halted after the index slid as much as 8.8%, while Samsung fell 10.2% and SK Hynix lost 7.7%.
Bloomberg, The Business Times (Singapore)
Nvidia, SK Hynix strike AI chip deal as tech stocks slide
What's new: Jensen Huang framed the sell-off as a discount buy, while South Korea's Kospi fell on retreating AI bets.
Nvidia, SK set Monday chip plan as Huang warns shortage may last years
Why it matters: Tight supplies of memory, wafers and packaging could keep pressure on AI hardware production for several years.
Kospi drops as much as 6.4% as Samsung, SK Hynix tumble
Why it matters: Two AI-linked chip stocks drove nearly three-quarters of the index’s 2026 gains, leaving the rally exposed to a sharp reversal.