{"id":235309,"date":"2025-10-19T02:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/235309\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T02:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:16:08","slug":"seoul-shares-rally-as-tech-boost-drives-kospi-to-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/235309\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Shares Rally As Tech Boost Drives Kospi To Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s Kospi surged to a fresh record high of 3,748.89 by Oct 17, marking a strong advance over the trading week of Oct 13-Oct 17.<\/p>\n<p>The week began on shaky ground, with the Kospi dipping 0.72% to 3,584.55 on Oct 13 amid mounting US-China trade fears.<\/p>\n<p>From there, the market rebounded sharply through mid-week, driven by an upbeat outlook on South Korea\u2019s economy and a surge in semiconductor stocks. The index climbed 2.68% on Oct 15 and added another 2.49% on Oct 16.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts pointed to renewed global demand for chips, an improved economic forecast for South Korea and resilient corporate performance as key motivators.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the market may face short-term consolidation after the sharp move higher, but the strong underlying trend suggests room for further upside if global trade stability and tech momentum persist.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s Kospi surged to a fresh record high of 3,748.89 by Oct 17, marking a strong advance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[28,112],"class_list":["post-235309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-business","tag-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}