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Asian Stocks Slide as Regional Markets Break Away from Wall Street Chip Rally
- •The MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 0.6% with broad declines across most subgroups, contrasting with a tech-led rally on Wall Street.
- •South Korea led regional losses as the Kospi Index fell over 2% and chip heavyweight SK Hynix Inc. approached its lowest close since April.
- •Data-center infrastructure firm Elice Inc. plummeted up to 32% during its trading debut in Seoul.
- •Investors are awaiting upcoming earnings reports from major tech companies like Meta Platforms Inc. and Tesla Inc. to gauge the sustainability of the AI-driven market rally.
- •China's central bank signaled that its overnight reverse repurchase rate will replace the seven-day rate as its primary policy benchmark to help lower borrowing costs.
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Asian stocks dropped as they broke away from the chip-led rally on Wall Street, with South Korea's Kospi Index falling more than 2% due to losses in chip heavyweight SK Hynix Inc. and a sharp 32% plunge by data-center infrastructure company Elice Inc. in its Seoul debut.
China's central bank signaled that its overnight reverse repurchase rate will replace the current seven-day rate as its primary policy benchmark, aligning its framework with global peers to potentially help lower borrowing costs.
The euro continues to face downward pressure as traders weigh geopolitical risks and violent unrest in France, where protests over the cost of living degenerated into violence, vandalism, and looting, prompting tougher security measures from officials.
