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STAR exchange
Coverage of STAR exchange in the Nexus archive.
- Asian shares slip and South Korea’s Kospi index sinks 10% on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks
South Korea’s Kospi index dropped 10.5% amid heavy selling of chipmaking stocks like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, driven by concerns over competition from Chinese AI startups and chipmakers. Asian markets broadly declined, with the Nikkei 225 down 4% and the Taiex falling 3.9%, while oil prices fell over 1%.