Seoul’s surge
The breathtaking rally in South Korean stocks hit a couple of key milestones overnight.
The benchmark Kospi index at one point in the session was up 100% for 2026, rivaling the Nasdaq 100 Index’s 102% surge in 1999 — right before the bubble burst.
The market value of memory-chip maker SK Hynix surged above $1 trillion for the first time as investors bet the AI boom will lead to a sustained revaluation of the industry.
-Bloomberg.
Japan’s population fell by 3m between 2020 and 2025, the sharpest decline on record, according to preliminary census data. With 123m people, the country has returned to its population of the late 1980s. The country has long struggled with an ageing population and a declining birth rate.
-Economist.
Dell’s share price soared by 35%, reaching a record high on Friday after it reported that demand for its AI servers increased more than eightfold in its first quarter. The surge boosted total sales at the American hardware manufacturer by 88% year on year to $43.8bn. The company also secured a five-year, $9.7bn contract with the Pentagon this week.
-Economist.
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The gain this month in the Hong Kong-listed shares of Lenovo. Investor enthusiasm is building around the growth prospects for its AI servers.
-Bloomberg.
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Nvidia reported record revenues of $81.6bn in the first quarter—a rise of 85% on a year ago—beating analysts’ expectations. Revenue from its data centre business rose by 92% in the same period, to $75.2bn. The chipmaker’s earnings have become a bell-weather for the artificial-intelligence business. It forecast revenues of $91bn for the second quarter.
-Economist.
Humanoid robots could replace almost two-thirds of China’s shrinking labour force over the next decade, according to a report by Barclays. The British bank estimates that by 2035 China will have deployed 24m robots, equivalent to 4% of its labour force. They could do much of the work in the giant manufacturing sector. The country’s population is expected to decline by 37m by then.
-Economist.
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-Bloomberg.
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