{"id":223340,"date":"2026-06-01T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/seoul-shares-close-at-new-high-on-tech-rally-amid-ai-optimism\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:30:09","slug":"seoul-shares-close-at-new-high-on-tech-rally-amid-ai-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/seoul-shares-close-at-new-high-on-tech-rally-amid-ai-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally amid AI optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/06\/01\/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-new-high-gains-AI-artificial-intelligence\/7031780304964\/\">Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally amid AI optimism<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/06\/01\/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-new-high-gains-AI-artificial-intelligence\/7031780304964\/\">https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/06\/01\/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-new-high-gains-AI-artificial-intelligence\/7031780304964\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 05:16:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.upi.com\">www.upi.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Korean stocks reached a new all-time high, driven by significant gains in AI-related shares.<\/li>\n<li>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed up 3.68 percent, adding 311.85 points to 8,788.38.<\/li>\n<li>The Korea Exchange (KRX) temporarily halted program trading in KOSPI stocks after the index hit a record high.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy trade volume was recorded, with institutions and individuals heavily investing, while foreigners sold off.<\/li>\n<li>South Korean exports surged by 53 percent in May to a new monthly high, boosted by the semiconductor supercycle.<\/li>\n<li>Investor sentiment was further boosted by partnerships announced between U.S. chip giant Nvidia and Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and Micron, with anticipation around CEO Jensen Huang&#8217;s visit to the country.<\/li>\n<li>Key stocks like Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Hyundai Motor, LG Electronics, and Naver saw substantial increases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul shares close at new high on tech rally amid AI optimism https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/06\/01\/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-new-high-gains-AI-artificial-intelligence\/7031780304964\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/sv\/ph\/og\/i\/7031780304964\/2026\/1\/17803051751852\/v1.5\/Seoul-shares-close-at-new-high-on-tech-rally-amid-AI-optimism.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223342,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223340\/revisions\/223342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}