Hong Kong, July 30, 2026 (AFP) - Seoul extends losses as most Asian markets drop, oil rises again

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2026-07-30

South Korean stocks extended their painful retreat Thursday as a promising start gave way to more blood-letting in the tech field, while the rest of Asia also struggled and oil rose further on fresh Middle East worries. Seoul's Kospi rallied as much as five percent in the morning session, having been hammered in the previous two sessions by a plunge in heavyweight chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung Electronics amid questions over the AI boom. But th......

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