S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
The benchmark KOSPI fell more than 1% to around 8,700 on Thursday, retreating from record highs and tracking overnight losses on Wall Street as escalating tensions between the US and Iran weighed on investor sentiment. Iran struck Kuwait International Airport and Israel signaled that it, together with the US, was prepared to launch further strikes against Iran if necessary, driving oil prices higher and raising inflation risks. The decline also reflected profit-taking following the index’s extraordinary AI-driven rally, with investors turning cautious amid elevated market volatility and growing concerns about stretched valuations. Technology heavyweights Samsung Electronics (-0.6%) and SK Hynix (-3.0%) both traded lower, alongside Hyundai Motor (-3.4%), LG Energy Solution (-5.3%), LG Electronics (-15.0%), and Kia Corp (-3.1%). Still, losses were limited by chip-sector optimism after Goldman Sachs raised its 12-month KOSPI target to 12,000, citing robust AI-driven earnings growth.
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