{"id":14594,"date":"2026-06-19T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14594"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:38:14","slug":"seoul-record-leads-most-asian-markets-higher-crude-extends-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=14594","title":{"rendered":"Seoul record leads most Asian markets higher, crude extends losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Tech firms powered Seoul\u2019s Kospi index to another record on Friday, while oil prices extended losses after traffic began to resume in the Strait of Hormuz under the US-Iran agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The rally in South Korea led gains across most equity markets in Asia, which came as investors looked past ramped up bets this week of a US Federal Reserve interest rate hike before year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>The gains also followed a strong lead on Wall Street, where the tech-heavy Nasdaq soared almost two percent thanks to heavyweights including Amazon, Alphabet and Nvidia.<\/p>\n<p>Chip titans SK hynix and Samsung were once again the standout performers in Seoul, which jumped three percent Friday and has rocketed more than 100 percent this year as the AI boom continues apace.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo\u2019s Nikkei 225, which has powered along with the Kospi this year, also rose Friday along with Wellington and Manila. Sydney and Singapore edged down in holiday-thinned trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei were closed.<\/p>\n<p>The gains were also helped by relief at the end of hostilities between the United States and Iran after presidents Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>That set in motion 60 days of talks on wider issues including Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in a written statement that he had approved the deal despite having a \u201cdifferent view\u201d, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>American forces earlier Thursday lifted their naval blockade of Iranian ports that had prevented ships from sailing to or from the Islamic republic, the US military said, noting that American warships \u201cwill remain in the general area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Three Saudi oil tankers left the Gulf through the strait on Thursday, maritime trackers said.<\/p>\n<p>However, observers have pointed out that while the waterway \u2014 through which a fifth of crude passes \u2014 has reopened, it could take some time before supplies are back up to pre-war levels.<\/p>\n<p>Equity markets have surged this week and crude has tumbled on the back of the deal that was announced last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe repricing this week has been drastic and part of that came about because of the resumption of Iranian oil almost instantaneously,\u201d Tony Sycamore, a market analyst at IG, told Bloomberg Television.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat comes next is the execution risk. There\u2019s a lot of details still to be nutted out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Forex.com\u2019s Fawad Razaqzada said investors would now be able to turn their focus back to the economic outlook and company performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is almost certain to happen now is that markets will become increasingly data-dependent once again. For now, equity bulls maintain some control,\u201d he wrote in a commentary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, with valuations still elevated and a lack of obvious near-term catalysts, the prospect of profit-taking or a modest correction has become more plausible following the Fed\u2019s hawkish pivot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On currency markets the yen strengthened but remained above 161 per dollar \u2014 and near its weakest level since 1986 \u2014 after this week\u2019s jump fuelled by Fed rate hike expectations.<\/p>\n<p>The yen\u2019s gains were also helped by comments from Japan\u2019s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, who warned of \u201cbold action against excessive speculative moves in the foreign-exchange market\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The government spent around 11.7 trillion yen ($72 billion) last month propping up the currency by intervening in financial markets.<\/p>\n<p>The currency was still in trouble despite the Bank of Japan\u2019s decision to hike interest rates Tuesday to their highest since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Key figures around 0230 GMT \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo \u2013 Nikkei 225: UP 0.4 percent at 71,314.67 (break)<\/p>\n<p>Seoul \u2013 Kospi: UP 2.3 percent at 8,980.18<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong \u2013 Hang Seng Index: Closed for a holiday<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai \u2013 Composite: Closed for a holiday<\/p>\n<p>West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.6 percent at $76.14 a barrel<\/p>\n<p>Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.3\u00a0percent at $79.62 a barrel<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/dollar: DOWN\u00a0at $1.1456 from $1.1460 on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Pound\/dollar: DOWN at $1.3200 from $1.3206<\/p>\n<p>Dollar\/yen: DOWN at 161.20 yen from 161.32 yen<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/pound: DOWN\u00a0at 86.76 pence from 86.78 pence<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 Dow: UP 0.1\u00a0percent at 51,564.70 (close)<\/p>\n<p>London \u2013 FTSE 100: DOWN 1.0 percent at 10,399.70 (close)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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