De aandelenmarkt in Seoul daalt met meer dan 3% vanwege onzekerheden over de Midden-Oosten en waarschuwingen van Amerikaanse tech-uitvoerders dat de ontwikkeling van kunstmatige intelligentie te snel gaat. De Koreaanse won valt tegenover de Amerikaanse dollar.
Seoul stocks tumbled by more than 3 percent Monday as investors sold off tech-heavyweights on persisting geopolitical uncertainties and warnings from US tech executives that the pace of artificial intelligence development may be too fast. The Korean won fell against the US dollar. After opening sharply lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed down 225.54 points, or 3.26 percent, to 6,684.37. Trade volume was light at 274.4 million shares worth 20.19 trillion won ($14.93 bill