investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Renewed Hormuz attacks & Samsung-led equity slide Financial market news for Asian trading on Tuesday, July 7, 2026
More - Samsung's record profit fails to stop shares plunging, dragging KOSPI down 6% More detail on that record Samsung profit that wasn't enough to stop a broad selloff across South Korea's chip stocks.
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Asia-Pacific stocks fell broadly on Tuesday as Samsung shares slumped despite a bumper profit forecast, dragging down regional chip stocks, even as Wall Street hit fresh highs overnight and Japanese investors rotated into value shares.
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Softer Japan wage data unlikely to derail BOJ hikes, even as yen risk grows Soft wage data won't stop BOJ hikes, but yen weakness and rising bond yields could ripple through global markets.
PBOC's Pan lifts Southbound Bond Connect quota to 800bn as Hong Kong expands gold links Beijing and Hong Kong unveiled a broad package linking bond, currency and gold markets more closely together.
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