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U.S. stocks finished mixed as a rout in chip stocks continued while falling oil prices boosted consumer stocks.

SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Asian markets fell on Tuesday led by chipmakers on unease about the massive funding demands of the AI boom, while a slide in oil prices did relatively little to lift

South Korea's top financial regulator said on Tuesday that authorities would ‌consider a cap on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded ‌funds (ETF) investments for retail investors if needed, local media reports ​said. Lee Eog-weon, chairman of the Financial Services Commission, told a meeting with local brokerages and asset managers in Seoul that the regulator would review and ‌prepare additional measures ⁠to curb the demand for the ETF products, such as putting a cap ⁠on total value of investments for each individual.

South Korean chip stocks slumped on Tuesday, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix falling as much as ‌9.5% and 10.9%, respectively, as investors dumped AI-related bets amid mounting concerns ‌over financing risks tied to AI infrastructure spending and intensifying competition from China. SK Hynix's U.S.-listed shares had ​already slumped overnight, closing at $143.02, below their initial public offering price of $149. The benchmark KOSPI was trading down 7.3% as of 0032 GMT.

0014 GMT — Japanese stocks are lower in early trade following overnight drops in U.S. technology stocks. Uncertainty over the Iran conflict is also weighing on the market. Investors are closely watching crude oil prices and developments in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted drones that Iran-backed militias in Iraq had launched at the kingdom’s oil facilities.

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Memory-chip maker CXMT soared 466% in its first day of trading today to become mainland China’s most valuable listed company. But the company, China’s national champion in the red-hot memory-chip business, still has a long way to go to catch up with its global competitors.

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung flew to San Francisco on July 24 for a summit with the most powerful names in artificial intelligence. Jensen Huang was there. Sam Altman was there. The heads of Samsung, SK Group, Hyundai Motor and Naver flew in. By the end of the day, roughly $950 billion in ...

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to unveil major supply agreements with American technology companies during President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Silicon Valley. The negotiations behind these deals have been running for months. What changed is the venue, and that detail says something ...

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Samsung is preparing to bring stablecoins to Samsung Wallet, marking one of the most significant crypto moves yet from a major smartphone maker. A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to hold a steady value, typically pegged one-to-one to a currency like the U.S. dollar. Unlike Bitcoin ...

SEOUL, July 24 () - South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will announce ‌large supply deals with U. technology companies ‌during President Lee Jae Myung's visit to San Francisco, a ​senior presidential official said.

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Memory stocks were the hottest trade of 2026 until they weren't. In the span of a few weeks, one of the market's best-performing sectors flipped into a bear market. Micron (MU), Samsung, and SK Hynix (SKHY) all fell more than 20% from their late-June highs, and the Roundhill Memory ETF went ...

SEOUL, July 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's financial regulator said on Friday it is bringing forward the implementation of increased deposit requirement for retail investors to trade single-stock

Qualcomm and Samsung expanded their chip partnership this week, putting Snapdragon silicon inside nearly every new device in the Galaxy lineup. For over a decade, Samsung ran a split system, selling some flagship phones with its own Exynos processor and others with a Snapdragon chip depending on ...

The different price action between artificial-intelligence hyperscalers and chip and infrastructure stocks is a throwback to a setup in the late 1990s, argues JPMorgan.

Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday, while the intensifying war with Iran pushed Brent crude past $96 a barrel. Samsung Electronics gained 3%, while memory chipmaker SK Hynix advanced 3.4%. Technology companies led gains, with stocks in SoftBank Group climbing 3.3%.

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Thursday after U.S. technology firms outlined significant capital spending plans that are likely to benefit chipmakers in the

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled a passport-sized foldable phone and raised prices of two updated foldable models, as it grapples ‌with rising memory chip prices while bracing for a new threat from Apple ‌in the niche but growing segment. The South Korean technology company pioneered foldable smartphones but its dominance is set to ​be challenged by Apple which analysts expect this year to launch a foldable phone with a screen similar in size to an iPad mini. "Strategically, this is one of Samsung's most important foldable launches," said Francisco Jeronimo, vice president at researcher IDC.

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lightest book-style foldable phone on the market, but that’s not the headline. Based on analyst reports, it’s a preview of Apple’s long-rumored folding iPhone, expected this fall. The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.

Korean authorities are working to restore order following on-again-off-again appetite for artificial-intelligence trades, but analysts say it will be difficult to keep AI-driven volatility in check.

South Korea's Samsung is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the AI ‌start-up Mistral, as part of a fundraising round that ‌could value the group at roughly €20 billion ($22.81 billion), Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing ​sources. Samsung could invest about €1 billion in the new round, the report said, adding that Swedish investor EQT’s Scaleup Europe Fund is in talks to back the fundraising round. In April, Samsung said it would ‌considerinvestment and acquisitions where ⁠necessary to accelerate development and commercialisation in robotics, while combining partnering local companies for technology development.

One scoop to start: A consortium of investors led by Amit Bhatia and backed by the Mittal family is in talks to buy a significant minority stake...

Samsung is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of euros in the AI start-up Mistral, a move that would bolster the French company’s efforts...