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South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Topix hit record highs as investors shrug off Iran tensions

Cnbc · 🇮🇳 public India · · 406 words · By Lee Ying Shan
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What to know about South Korea's Kospi, Japan's Topix hit record highs as investors shrug off Iran tensions

Asia-Pacific markets rose on Friday, with South Korea's Kospi hitting a fresh intraday record and Japan's Topix reaching a new all-time high, as investors looked past renewed military activity involving Iran and focused on gains in technology shares and…

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What happened

Asia-Pacific markets rose on Friday, with South Korea's Kospi hitting a fresh intraday record and Japan's Topix reaching a new all-time high, as investors looked past renewed military activity involving Iran and focused on gains in technology shares and…

Why it matters

South Korea's Kospi jumped more than 3% to close at 8,476.15, hitting a new intra-day high before paring gains slightly.

Common ground

The small-cap Kosdaq was down 2.68% to 1,074.8.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Both indexes [S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite] also hit intraday all-time highs.”
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Claim 2: “Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.55% in the final hour of trade”
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The specific detail about the Hang Seng adding 0.55% in the 'final hour of trade' appears in the CNBC reports, but other search results for the Hang Seng index do not corroborate this specific time-bound movement.
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web search NEUTRAL — Over the past month, the index has declined 8.28%, though it remains 0.55% higher than a year ago, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that ...
https://tradingeconomics.com/hong-kong/stock-market
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.4% to 25,718.52 in early Tuesday trading. The Hang Seng Tech Index retreated 0.5%, extending a 2.3% decline on ...
https://www.facebook.com/jakpost/posts/china-and-hong-kong-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 8, 2026 · Allthree major indices declined, with the Hang Seng Index falling by 0.87%; southbound funds recorded a net inflow of over HKD 13.1 billion ...
https://news.futunn.com/en/post/72760719/market-snapshot-all…
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Claim 3: “Shares [of Snowflake] soared 36.5%, posting their best day ever after the cloud-based data platform provider issued rosy fiscal second-quarter guidance, as well as a beat on the top and bottom lines in its latest quarter.”
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Claim 4: “Shares of Samsung Electronics surged over 5% after the company said it had begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory chip to its customers globally.”
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While multiple sources confirm Samsung surged after shipping HBM samples, the percentage is inconsistent. The claim says 'over 5%', but evidence sources cite 'as much as 4.8%' and 'as much as 6.51%'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 6, 2026 ... Shares of Samsung Electronics surged as much as 6.51% after the company said it had begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW0FEVgjBfN/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... ... begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth memory ... Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced new heads of its memory and foundry chip ...
https://www.facebook.com/61573834996928/posts/shares-of-sams…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... Shares of Samsung Electronics surged as much as 6.51% after the company said it had begun shipping samples of its latest high-bandwidth ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZKOv98z2OO/
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Claim 5: “India's Nifty 50 dipped 0.5%.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the Nifty 50's movement.
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Claim 6: “Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 2.53%, ending the trading day at 66,329.5”
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Multiple sources, including CNBC and a Japanese stock market report, confirm the Nikkei 225 rose 2.53% to close at 66,329.5.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikkei can refer to: Nikkei, Inc. (Kabushikigaisha Nihonkeizaishimbunsha) (株式会社日本経済新聞社), abbreviated 日経, Nikkei, a large media corporation in Japan The Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (日本経済新聞), abbrevi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nikkei 225, or the Nikkei Stock Average (Japanese: 日経平均株価, Hepburn: Nikkei heikin kabuka), more commonly called the Nikkei or the Nikkei index (), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Excha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nikkei, also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞; lit. "Japan Economics Newspaper"), is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nikkei
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Claim 7: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher by 0.05% at 50,668.97.”
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Claim 8: “the Pentagon said Tehran had fired a ballistic missile toward Kuwait and deployed attack drones in and around the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Claim 9: “The company [Snowflake] also inked a plan to spend $6 billion on Amazon Web Services over five years.”
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Claim 10: “a White House official confirmed an Axios report saying the U.S. and Iran had "mostly agreed" on the terms of a deal aimed at temporarily halting the three-month conflict.”
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Claim 11: “the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.91% to 26,917.47.”
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Claim 12: “The small-cap Kosdaq was down 2.68% to 1,074.8.”
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Three independent sources (CNBC, a KOSPI record report, and BAIPHIL) all explicitly state the Kosdaq was down 2.68% to 1,074.8.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ; Korean: 코스닥) is a trading board of Korea Exchange (KRX) in South Korea established in 1996. Initially set up by Korea Financial Investment As…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOSDAQ
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Korea Exchange (KRX, Korean: 한국거래소) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea. It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Highly urbanized at 92%, South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle; half of them live in h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_South_Kor…
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Claim 13: “South Korea's Kospi jumped more than 3% to close at 8,476.15, hitting a new intra-day high”
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Multiple independent web search results (including a report from May 28, 2026, and a BAIPHIL report from June 1, 2026) confirm the Kospi jumped more than 3% to close at 8,476.15 and hit a new intra-day high.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hang Seng Index (HSI) is a market-capitalisation-weighted stock market index in Hong Kong adjusted for free float. It tracks and records daily changes in the largest stock listings on the Hong Kon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_Seng_Index
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI; Korean: 한국종합주가지수) is the index of all common stocks traded on the Stock Market Division—previously, Korea Stock Exchange—of the Korea Exchange. It is the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOSPI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The KOSPI 200 (Korean: 코스피 200) is a stock market index consisting of 200 major companies listed on the Korea Exchange (KRX). It is a widely recognized benchmark for stock market activity in South Kor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOSPI_200
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Claim 14: “Iran's armed forces reportedly fired missiles at unspecified targets late Thursday, according to state media outlet Fars.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Iranian missiles fired on a Thursday via Fars news.
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Claim 15: “The S&P 500 gained 0.58% to 7,563.63”
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Claim 16: “the Topix rose 1.41% to a new record high of 3,957.17.”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC and an Asia report) confirm the Topix rose 1.41% to a record high of 3,957.17.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the JR Group (Jeiāru Gurūpu) or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the division and privatization of the government-owned Ja…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Railways_Group
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SMC Corporation (SMC 株式会社, SMC Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese TOPIX Large 70 company founded in 1959 as Sintered Metal Corporation, which specializes in pneumatic control engineering to support indus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMC_Corporation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tokyo Stock Price Index (東証株価指数, Tōshō Kabuka shisū), commonly known as the TOPIX, is an important stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Japan, along with the Nikkei 225. The TO…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPIX
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Claim 17: “In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.62% to close at 8,731.7.”
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The specific closing value of 8,731.7 is confirmed by multiple sources, including a May 28 report and a May 31 report, although the percentage gain varies slightly between reports (1.62% vs 0.86%).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australian Securities Exchange Ltd (ASX) is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Aus…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) index is a market-capitalisation weighted and float-adjusted stock market index of stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The index is maintained by Standard & Poor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_200
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P/ASX 50 Index is a stock market index of Australian stocks listed on the Australian Securities Exchange from Standard & Poor's. It is a part of the S&P Global 1200. While the "ASX 50" often sim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P/ASX_50
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Claim 18: “the CSI 300 lost 0.45% to 4,892.12.”
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Two independent CNBC reports confirm the CSI 300 lost 0.45% to 4,892.12.
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web search NEUTRAL — CSI 300 Index (000300.SS) ; Jun 5, 2026, 4,886.96, 4,924.34 ; Jun 4, 2026, 4,897.32, 4,938.78 ; Jun 3, 2026, 4,921.35, 4,991.85 ; Jun 2, 2026, 4,860.61, 4,930.28 ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/000300.SS/history/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.55% in the final hour of trade, while the CSI 300 lost 0.45% to 4,892.12. India's Nifty 50 dipped 0.5 ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/asia-markets-today-live-upda…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.55% in the final hour of trade, while the CSI 300 lost 0.45% to 4,892.12. India's Nifty 50 dipped 0.5 ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/28/stock-market-today-live-upda…
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