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South Korea’s Kospi soared nearly 7% to a fresh record on Wednesday as Samsung Electronics' stock jumped nearly 13% in a rally driven by expectations of strong growth in artificial intelligence and hopes for progress in ending the U.S.-Iran war. Shares in SK Hynix, another major Korean computer chipmaker, shot up 10% early Wednesday. Both Samsung and SK Hynix are major manufacturers of the computer chips vital for AI applications.

South Korea's Kospi soars nearly 7% to fresh records as Samsung Electronics stock jumps nearly 13%.

Oil prices extended losses and stocks rallied Wednesday on fresh hopes for an end to the Iran war and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, while Samsung blasted past the $1 trillion valuation mark as the AI tech boom continued apace.That came on the back of an eye-watering surge by Samsung, which rocketed as much as 12 percent to hit a market capitalisation of more than $1 trillion thanks to huge demand for its AI chips.

The market capitalisation of Samsung Electronics' ‌common stock surpassed $1 trillion ‌on Wednesday, making it the second ​Asian company after TSMC to reach the milestone. Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, saw its ‌market value ⁠reach 1,500 trillion won ($1.03 trillion) in early trading ⁠in Seoul on Wednesday, tracking sharp gains of AI-related ​stocks in ​the U.S. ​overnight. Shares of the ‌South Korean chip giant were up 12% at 09:52 a.m.

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index vaulted past 7,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as an AI-powered rally in semiconductor stocks drove Samsung Electronics past the $1 trillion market-cap barrier. The gains underscore how ‌global demand for artificial intelligence hardware has become the dominant force reshaping equity markets, turning South Korea's chip-heavy benchmark into one of the ‌world's best performing major markets. The KOSPI closed up 6.45% at 7,384.56, after briefly tripping a rare "sidecar" trading curb and rising as much as 7.06% to a record high of 7,426.60, as a ​blistering rally in U.S. chip stocks overnight drove the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up 4.2%.

Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) executives said the company made progress across several customer engagements during its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, highlighting momentum in advanced logic, memory, RF, power devices, and gallium nitride (GaN) applications for its Mears Silicon Technology (MST). Gate-Al

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.81%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.73%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.31%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.82%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Bloomberg reported Intel is in talks with Apple to potentially become the consumer tech giant's main chip manufacturer for devices in the U.S.

Apple is in early discussions with Intel and Samsung about producing processors for its devices in the U.S., according to Bloomberg

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Shares of Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are catapulting 14% in Tuesday morning trading, changing hands near $109.60 after Bloomberg reported that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is exploring Intel’s foundry services for future U.S. chip production. The move extends a stunning run. Intel stock is up 118% over the past month and up roughly 197% year to date (YTD), breaking ... Intel Rips 14% Higher: Apple Foundry Reports Crush Bears in Massive Short Squeeze

Apple's early-stage talks come as advanced-node chip shortages constrain iPhone and Mac growth.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) heads into Tuesday with momentum after a powerful rebound last month in which the broader markets advanced 9%. A pullback in crude oil and first-quarter earnings beats are driving today’s gains as the markets embrace a reprieve in the Mideast escalation. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is capturing those tailwinds for gains ... S&P 500 Rises on Big Tech Bump, Corporate Profits and Oil Price Relief

Talks remain preliminary and no orders have been placed, but supply shortages and geopolitical risk are driving Apple to weigh alternatives

Intel stock was gaining on hopes it could be about to land a big customer for its chip-manufacturing services.

The Dow Jones index rose Tuesday amid rising U.S.-Iran tensions. Palantir stock sold off on earnings.

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↘️ Palantir Technologies (PLTR): The data-analytics company’s stock slid more than 3% in premarket trading even though it posted record quarterly revenue and profit late on Monday. ↗️ Pinterest (PINS): Shares of the image-sharing company rallied 16% ahead of the opening bell after it posted double-digit sales growth and bullish second-quarter guidance.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly begun early-stage discussions with Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) and Samsung Electronics Co.

Stock futures were rising Tuesday as investors shrugged off a flare-up of tensions in the Middle East. Palantir Technologies slid 3.3% even as the data-wrangling software developer’s first-quarter earnings topped Wall Street’s expectations on all key metrics. Because it trades at such a lofty valuation, with the stock fetching 97 times expected earnings per share for the next 12 months, Palantir gets judged not on whether it beats expectations but how much it beats estimates.

The iPhone maker's exploratory discussions are less about finding a better manufacturer than about ensuring it never again loses iPhone revenue to a single point of failure When Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, XETRA:APC) executives fly to Texas to tour a Samsung fabrication plant and hold separate...

The board chairman of Samsung Electronics has ‌urged unionised workers to resolve ‌pay disputes with management, warning that a ​planned strike could hurt investors and employees and have "serious consequences" for the Korean economy. In an internal memo ‌to employees ⁠on Tuesday, Shin Je-yoon said he was "worried about losing market leadership ⁠amid fleeing customers and falling competitiveness" if strikes disrupted deliveries and ​production, according ​to a ​Samsung statement. Such disruption ‌at the chipmaker, South Korea's largest company by revenue, could trigger capital outflows, a drop in national tax revenue, and a weakening of ‌the won currency, ​he said.

Apple has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and Samsung Electronics to produce ‌the main processors for its devices, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the deliberations. Apple executives ​have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas and, separately, also held preliminary talks with Intel about enlisting the company's chipmaking services, Bloomberg reported. While ‌the move would ⁠offer Apple a secondary option beyond its longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the ⁠iPhone-maker is also concerned about using non-TSMC technology, the report said, citing worries about reliability and scale.

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Shares of Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) are up 7% in Monday morning trading, changing hands at around $579 after closing Friday at $542.21. The move extends a parabolic run that has Micron stock up 103% year to date (YTD) in 2026 and up a staggering 618% over the past year. The session’s push has reignited a ... Micron Jumps 7%: Is the Memory Maker Now a Structural AI Winner?

In South Korea, fellow chip makers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics rose 13% and 5.4%, respectively, helping propel the benchmark index to another record high. Many major Asian indexes were closed on Friday for the May Day holiday, meaning investors were playing catch-up—and opted to double down on some of the chip makers and Big Tech names benefiting from the AI boom when they returned. President Donald Trump on Sunday laid out a plan to escort commercial vessels through the waterway, although tensions escalated after Asian markets closed on Monday when Iranian state media reported that two missiles had hit a U.S. frigate.

Samsung's labor dispute could pressure its AI-chip comeback as SK Hynix widens its lead in high-bandwidth memory.