{"id":15275,"date":"2026-06-25T06:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15275"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:23:58","slug":"seoul-stocks-soar-in-asia-tech-rally-after-micron-blowout-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15275","title":{"rendered":"Seoul stocks soar in Asia tech rally after Micron blowout forecast"},"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; 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it is outrunning supply,\u201d said SPI Asset Management\u2019s Stephen Innes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMemory has moved from being the supporting actor in the AI story to becoming one of its central characters. The market spent the last two years obsessing over the accelerators, the networking stacks, the data-centre buildouts and the hyperscaler capex arms race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut an AI factory without enough memory is a Formula One car with no fuel tank. Nvidia may still be the engine of the trade, but Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung increasingly hold the keys to the part of the system that determines how fast that engine can actually run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices continued their descent on the back of ongoing negotiations to end their US-Iran war and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world crude passes.<\/p>\n<p>While the two sides have voiced differences over some issues including Tehran\u2019s claims to charge fees, there is a growing expectation that the conflict would not erupt again.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, maritime tracking firms have reported\u00a0dozens of ships passing through, easing supply fears.<\/p>\n<p>Brent sank to a low of $72.27 Thursday, below the $72.48 it closed at the day before the US and Israel began bombing Iran on February 28, leading it to close the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>West Texas Intermediate touched $69.05, two dollars above its February 27 close.<\/p>\n<p>Traders will now be keeping an eye on the release of the personal consumption expenditures index \u2014 the Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred gauge of inflation \u2014 which could have an influence on the bank\u2019s interest rate plans.<\/p>\n<p>A hawkish pivot by the policy committee last week ramped up bets on a hike before the end of the year owing to elevated inflation caused by the war-fuelled spike in energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>That has pushed the dollar sharply up against its peers and is within a whisker of a four-decade peak against the yen.<\/p>\n<p>The stronger dollar and prospect of higher rates has also hurt gold, which fell below $4,000 Wednesday for the first time since November.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Key figures around 0230 GMT \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Seoul \u2013 Kospi: UP 5.0 percent at 8,893.11<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo \u2013 Nikkei 225: UP 3.9 percent at 71,854.88 (break)<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong \u2013 Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.7 percent at 23,004.31<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai \u2013 Composite: DOWN 0.1 percent at 4,107.15<\/p>\n<p>West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 1.7 percent at $69.16 a barrel<\/p>\n<p>Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 1.9 percent at $72.36 a barrel<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/dollar: UP at $1.1364 from $1.1357 on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>Pound\/dollar: UP at $1.3177 from $1.3162<\/p>\n<p>Dollar\/yen: DOWN at 161.70 yen from 161.81 yen<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/pound: DOWN at 86.24 pence from 86.26 pence<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 Dow: UP 0.4 percent at 51,848.90 (close)<\/p>\n<p>London \u2013 FTSE 100: UP 0.3 percent\u00a0at 10,461.63 (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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