Shares Chipmakers

• Asian stock markets experienced a broad decline, highlighted by South Korea's Kospi index plunging nearly 11% due to heavy selling of chipmaking stocks. • Other major indices fell, including Tokyo’s Nikkei 225, which dropped 4% to 62,364.92, and Taiwan's Taiex, which skidded 4.7% as TSMC shares fell 3%. • The sell-off is driven by growing investor fears that the current boom in artificial intelligence may be a bubble, leading to a correction in semiconductor valuations.

• Asian stock markets declined following a significant selloff of semiconductor shares on Wall Street. • Key indices saw sharp drops, including South Korea’s KOSPI, which sank 4.8%, and Japan’s Nikkei, which fell 1.4%, while the MSCI Asia-Pacific index dipped 1.2%. • Hong Kong's Hang Seng index provided a rare exception to the trend, recording a gain of 0.9%.

• Shares of chipmakers fueling the AI boom experienced massive growth in the first half of 2026, with some companies seeing their valuations triple. • This surge in semiconductor stock prices has driven a sharp upward trend across Asia Pacific stock markets. • The growth highlights the critical role of hardware infrastructure in sustaining the global artificial intelligence expansion.