Hong Kong, July 7, 2026 (AFP) - Seoul dives on tough day for Asia as Samsung fails to ease tech woes

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2026-07-07

Seoul once again led losses in Asian stocks on Tuesday as chip giant Samsung tumbled despite an eye-watering rise in profit, stoking fears that the record-breaking, AI-fuelled rally might have reached the end of the road. Investors were unable to take up the baton from their counterparts on Wall Street, where all three main indexes reopened after a long weekend to rally on the back of gains in market heavyweights including Amazon and Apple. The g......

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