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Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs believes South Korea's KOSPI index is set up for a near-term "tactical breakout," though analyst Chris Cha flagged headwinds building into October in a note on Wednesday.

Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) shares fell 0. 3% in pre-market trading, following a four-session advance that had contributed to a gain of approximately 14% during September.

Apple’s iPhones, for example, are projected by Wall Street analysts to generate 17% more revenue this calendar year, according to FactSet. The main reason for the disconnect between sales and revenue are memory chip prices, which are being driven higher by the AI race.

Nasdaq futures were flat after a global rally in AI-linked stocks stalled in European trade, and oil prices reversed course to fall on rising hopes for a diplomatic settlement to reopen Hormuz.

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AI-linked stocks rose in the U.S. premarket and stocks rose across the globe as the continued fall in oil prices boosted market sentiment.

Europe’s indexes all gained at the open, retracing some of Friday’s sharp losses. Banks and technology stocks rose, while energy-sensitive stocks were supported by a fall in oil prices.

Asian shares mostly advanced Monday as investors monitor updates ahead of the expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Washington which could cover trade, artificial intelligence and geopolitics. U.S. futures were higher, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters following talks Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York ahead of the two leaders’ meeting that the U.S. had “a very successful engagement” with the Chinese side. Samsung Electronics jumped 5%, while memory chipmaker SK Hynix climbed 1%.

By Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT said on Sunday its fifth-generation technology platform had entered mass production, a claimed breakthrough

Investors are still eyeing memory chip inflation.

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South Korea must continue advancing artificial intelligence without pause or delay, its deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, striking an unequivocal tone in a growing global debate about the pace of development for the technology.

Samsung makes a bizarre move in a promotion for the Galaxy Z Fold 8.

Samsung’s latest Galaxy price hike may be hard to defend.

South Korea's AI chip boom lifts GDP to 21.9% in H1 2026 but hides the biggest concentration risk since the 1970s.

Asian and European chip stocks tumbled Monday after leaders of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence companies called for the industry to slow development of the technology for safety reasons. Nvidia and Intel are down in premarket trading.

The AI boom turned Korea's stock market into the world's craziest as investors piled into leveraged ETFs to bet on chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix. The volatility is worrying regulators. “Leveraged investment targeting domestic stocks expanded not only domestically but also in international financial markets, creating unexpected spillover effects,” the Bank of Korea said Thursday.

A surge of investment in leveraged exchange-traded funds generated significant volatility in the domestic stock market, the Bank of Korea said.

WSJ’s Nicole Nguyen tried out the new foldable iPhone Duo following Apple’s keynote address. The $1,999 device is the biggest shake-up to Apple’s smartphone lineup in years. CUPERTINO, Calif.—As I watched a Netflix show on Apple’s first foldable, the iPhone Duo, I had two surprising thoughts.

By Ankur Banerjee and Hyunjoo Jin SINGAPORE/SEOUL, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Eye-popping shareholder-return plans from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have become an early test of South Korea's corporate

Samsung, TSMC and Intel rarely move in lockstep. This time, all three are betting on the same piece of equipment.

The French artificial-intelligence startup said it had raised $3.48 billion from a pool of existing investors such as Samsung and ASML Holding, as well as new backers.

French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI is raising 3 billion ($3.49 billion) in a Series D funding round, with Samsung Electronics joining the round. Chief Executive Officer Arthur Mensch argues that the company is probably still undervalued and that macroeconomic reasons are starting to show that open source models will win. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie.

By Inti Landauro and Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - France's Mistral has raised €3 billion at a valuation of around €21 billion ($24 billion), in what the three-year-old AI company said

Apple’s biggest iPhone change in years comes with a huge price

A Goldman strategist continues to back its KOSPI target of 12,000, saying the market underprices the duration of this earnings cycle.

Japanese stocks were higher in early trade amid continued hopes for artificial intelligence-related demand and signs of U.S. economic strength.