Foreign money sellers monitor trade charges as an digital display screen (prime) reveals South Korea’s benchmark inventory index (KOSPI) in a overseas trade dealing room on the Hana Financial institution headquarters in Seoul on June 23, 2026.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded combined on Friday as traders continued rotating out of expertise shares, monitoring declines within the U.S.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was down 0.86% on the open, whereas the Topix was up 0.34%. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.97%, and the Kosdaq Index declined 1.12%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.42%.
Futures for Hong Kong’s Cling Seng index stood at 23,061, barely increased than its final shut of 23,055.03.
In a single day within the U.S., shares ended combined with the Dow Jones Industrial Common closing at a file excessive after a softer-than-expected June jobs report fueled hopes for Federal Reserve fee cuts. In the meantime, weak spot in semiconductor shares dragged the Nasdaq decrease.
The 30-stock common added 594.83 factors, or 1.14%, for a file shut of 52,900.07. The index hit a brand new all-time intraday excessive of 52,903.85. The S&P 500 rose lower than 1 level to finish at 7,483.24, whereas the Nasdaq dropped 0.8% to 25,832.67.
Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the latter two benchmarks. The VanEck Semiconductor (SMH) ETF dropped 4.5%, led by a 13.6% decline in Teradyne and an 11.5% slide for KLA. Nvidia shares additionally pulled again 1.4%, whereas Micron shares misplaced 5.5%.
U.S. markets shall be closed Friday for the Independence Day vacation.
