Kospi opens sharply higher on chip gains amid revived AI hopes

Seoul stocks opened 2.2 percent higher Tuesday as AI-linked tech gains, lower oil prices and softer bond yields boosted investor sentiment.

A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi opening on Sept. 22.

Stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, led by gains in tech heavyweights, following a record close for the tech-heavy Nasdaq amid revived hopes for AI and a fall in global oil prices and bond yields.

The benchmark Kospi rose 153.89 points, or 2.2 percent, to 7,161.61 at the opening bell.

On Monday, U.S. stocks rallied, with the Nasdaq rising 2.3 percent. The S&P 500 gained 1.5 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7 percent.

Investor sentiment improved sharply, backed by a broad rally in AI-related stocks as well as falling oil prices and softening U.S. Treasury yields.


Yonhap