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Chipmakers are the most actively traded U.S. stocks ahead of the opening bell, setting the stage for another tech-led rally. In recent premarket action: Intel (INTC) is the most traded stock by volume, according to Dow Jones Market Data, and is up about 6%.

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He cited “great progress” in talks with Iran. The International Monetary Fund published its 180-page World Economic Outlook three weeks ago. The differences between that and its now more likely “adverse” or “severe” scenarios aren’t small, and investors should take note as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.

The benchmark index crossed the 7,000 mark for the first time ever, largely thanks Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest memory-chip makers and a heavyweight in the index. Samsung’s shares climbed more than 14%, ushering the company into the rarefied club of companies with a market valuation of more than $1 trillion. Samsung said during its earnings call last week that its production capacity was already fully sold out for this year.

U. S. stock futures moved higher on Wednesday after President Donald Trump paused a military initiative aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and signalled progress toward a possible peace agreement with Iran.

Investing.com -- Advanced Micro Devices forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, driven by strong demand for its data center chips. Shares rose 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday.

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The South Korean company is only the second Asian company with a market valuation above $1 trillion, aside from TSMC.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Global stocks were at record highs on Wednesday as some of Asia's biggest markets returned from a holiday in euphoric

South Korea’s Kospi soared nearly 7% to a fresh record on Wednesday as Samsung Electronics' stock jumped nearly 13% in a rally driven by expectations of strong growth in artificial intelligence and hopes for progress in ending the U.S.-Iran war. Shares in SK Hynix, another major Korean computer chipmaker, shot up 10% early Wednesday. Both Samsung and SK Hynix are major manufacturers of the computer chips vital for AI applications.

South Korea's Kospi soars nearly 7% to fresh records as Samsung Electronics stock jumps nearly 13%.

The market capitalisation of Samsung Electronics' ‌common stock surpassed $1 trillion ‌on Wednesday, making it the second ​Asian company after TSMC to reach the milestone. Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, saw its ‌market value ⁠reach 1,500 trillion won ($1.03 trillion) in early trading ⁠in Seoul on Wednesday, tracking sharp gains of AI-related ​stocks in ​the U.S. ​overnight. Shares of the ‌South Korean chip giant were up 12% at 09:52 a.m.

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index vaulted past 7,000 for the first time on Wednesday, as an AI-powered rally in semiconductor stocks drove Samsung Electronics past the $1 trillion market-cap barrier. The gains underscore how ‌global demand for artificial intelligence hardware has become the dominant force reshaping equity markets, turning South Korea's chip-heavy benchmark into one of the ‌world's best performing major markets. The KOSPI closed up 6.45% at 7,384.56, after briefly tripping a rare "sidecar" trading curb and rising as much as 7.06% to a record high of 7,426.60, as a ​blistering rally in U.S. chip stocks overnight drove the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up 4.2%.

Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) executives said the company made progress across several customer engagements during its first-quarter 2026 earnings call, highlighting momentum in advanced logic, memory, RF, power devices, and gallium nitride (GaN) applications for its Mears Silicon Technology (MST). Gate-Al

The board chairman of Samsung Electronics has ‌urged unionised workers to resolve ‌pay disputes with management, warning that a ​planned strike could hurt investors and employees and have "serious consequences" for the Korean economy. In an internal memo ‌to employees ⁠on Tuesday, Shin Je-yoon said he was "worried about losing market leadership ⁠amid fleeing customers and falling competitiveness" if strikes disrupted deliveries and ​production, according ​to a ​Samsung statement. Such disruption ‌at the chipmaker, South Korea's largest company by revenue, could trigger capital outflows, a drop in national tax revenue, and a weakening of ‌the won currency, ​he said.

Apple has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and Samsung Electronics to produce ‌the main processors for its devices, Bloomberg ‌News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the deliberations. Apple executives ​have made visits to a Samsung plant under development in Texas and, separately, also held preliminary talks with Intel about enlisting the company's chipmaking services, Bloomberg reported. While ‌the move would ⁠offer Apple a secondary option beyond its longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the ⁠iPhone-maker is also concerned about using non-TSMC technology, the report said, citing worries about reliability and scale.

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Shares of ‌SK Hynix extended ‌gains to 12% on ​Monday, driven by foreign buying, after big U.S. tech ‌firms ⁠last week reported robust earnings ⁠and reaffirmed their investment plans ​for artificial ​intelligence ​data centers. SK ‌Hynix outperformed bigger rival Samsung Electronics, which has been weighed down by ‌the risk ​of a ​potential ​strike by ‌unionised workers demanding ​a ​bigger share of the company's ​AI-driven ‌profits.

Samsung Electronics, the world's No. 1 TV maker, has replaced its TV ‌head for the first time in more than ‌two years, as it faces mounting competition from Chinese rivals at home ​and abroad. Samsung said in a statement on Monday that it has appointed Lee Won-jin, who was previously head of the Global Marketing Office, as the new head of its ‌Visual Display Business, ⁠succeeding Yong Seok-woo, who will serve as an adviser. Samsung usually carries out its annual management ⁠reshuffle around December, and the company did not disclose the reason for the replacement.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (WBO:SSUN) reports unprecedented growth driven by AI innovations, despite geopolitical and market challenges.

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LONDON, May 1 () - Samsung Electronics must pay a $392 million lump sum for a licence to use ‌ZTE's patents for mobile phones, London's High Court ‌ruled on Friday in the English leg of the companies' global licensing ​dispute. ZTE has brought parallel lawsuits against Samsung in China, Germany and Brazil as the two companies battle over the terms on which Samsung can use ZTE's patents, and most ‌importantly the cost.

South Korea’s exports surged again in April, driven by semiconductor shipments, signaling resilience in the trade-dependent economy despite geopolitical risks stemming from the Middle East conflict.