Nikkei 225, Kospi, Grasp Seng Index, CSI 300, Nifty50
A pedestrian walks previous an digital citation board displaying the Nikkei 225 inventory costs on the Tokyo Inventory Change in Tokyo on March 23, 2026.
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South Korea shares plunged Friday, main losses within the area, and following the stoop in Wall Avenue tech names in a single day.
The Kospi was final down 4.11%, with heavyweights Samsung and SK Hynix dropping 6% and eight%, respectively, whereas the small-cap Kosdaq fell 2.41%. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 misplaced 1.1%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was 0.2% decrease.
Hong Kong’s Grasp Seng index futures final traded at 25,158, decrease than the index’s Thursday shut of 25,253.40.
In a single day within the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Common rallied to a contemporary all-time excessive, whereas the Nasdaq Composite underperformed as buyers appeared to rotate out of chip names in favor of non-tech shares.
The 30-stock Dow jumped 874.86 factors, or 1.73%, to shut at a report 51,561.93. The Nasdaq misplaced 0.09% and ended at 26,830.96, whereas the S&P 500 rose 0.41% to 7,584.31.
The rotation was sparked by a sell-off in Broadcom that led buyers to pare publicity to AI-linked shares. The chipmaker slid greater than 12% after its fiscal second-quarter income missed estimates. Chip names, which led the most recent leg larger out there’s rally to report ranges, fell broadly. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) misplaced greater than 1%. Arm Holdings shed greater than 4%, whereas Micron Expertise fell shut to eight%.
Shares additionally got here beneath strain on Center East worries. Blended messages have emerged lately out of negotiations to finish the struggle, which has upset world markets and precipitated oil and gasoline costs to spike.
— CNBC’s Spencer Kimball and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.
