South Korea’s Kospi stock index falls 6% and other Asian stocks mixed as oil prices rise0

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• July 29, 2026

TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed, while South Korea’s Kospi stock index fell 6% on Wednesday, as doubts over massive investments in artificial intelligence once again led investors to dump chipmaker stocks. American futures hardly changed. The latest decline in Seoul was led by a drop in shares of chipmaker SK Hynix after its operating