Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

SK hynix Inc.

Stocks in Asia had to suspend trading due to a sharp rise in stocks

Gold and bitcoin surge to three-week highs after U.S. truce with Iran

Shares of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics rose 4.8% momentarily on April 7 after the company <a href="https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announces-earnings-guidance-for-first-quarter-2026">forecast</a> record quarterly profit amid strong demand for chips for artificial intelligence, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/samsung-shares-rise-nearly-5percent-on-record-breaking-earnings-forecast-buoyed-by-ai-chip-demand.html">wrote</a>. Growth later slowed, with the papers adding 1.7% at the close of trading in South Korea. Since the beginning of the year, they have risen almost 64%.

Samsung shares jump on forecast of eightfold profit growth

The U.S. president will address the nation on April 1 - his speech is expected to be Iran-related

Trump's peace statements on Iran lifted stocks in Asia, but oil gets more expensive

Elon Musk's private space company SpaceX has increased its IPO target by one and a half times. Anthropic, the developer of chatbot Claude, wants to go public in October and expects to raise more than $60 billion. South Korean SK Hynix decided to hold a secondary listing in the U.S. for up to $14 billion, and Samsung investors urged the company to follow the example of its competitor. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

SpaceX's $75 billion and Anthropic's $60 billion listings: what's important about IPOs by March 29

Alphabet Inc.

Sandisk Corporation

MICRON SOLUTIONS INC

Micron shares fell more than 7%, SanDisk lost more than 10%, but analysts believe the market reaction is excessive

Shares of memory makers in the U.S. and Asia fell due to Google's new development

NVIDIA Corporation

The situation with obtaining export licenses from Washington has improved in recent weeks

Beyond the $1 trillion forecast: Nvidia resumes expansion into China's AI market

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

Brent crude oil prices jumped 3.8% amid continued uncertainty surrounding the US-led coalition to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Asia-Pacific markets rose on Tuesday, March 17, thanks in part to momentum from new Nvidia forecasts and partnerships. OpenAI is preparing a U-turn on code and business products. These and other topics are in our roundup of key events for the morning of March 17.

Morning Highlights: Brent back above $100, OpenAI changes strategy, Nvidia helped markets

Despite orders from Apple and Tesla, Samsung's contract business has generated multimillion-dollar losses in recent years

End of losses: Samsung shares jump on Nvidia CEO's words on new AI chips

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Western investment giants are actively buying back shares of Asian beneficiaries of the AI boom after a record drawdown 

AI vs. geopolitics: how the Iran war opened a window for investment in Asia's IT sector

MIRAE ASSET Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Wall Street hedge fund Amont Partners is betting on SK Hynix

Stocks in Korea after record collapse make highest jump since 2008

Hyundai Motor Company

In the anti-leaders were securities of recent drivers of the Korean market - Samsung, SK Hynix and Hyundai

Panic in Korea's stock market triggered the biggest drop in nearly 20 years

Apple Inc.

Because of the shortage of memory chips, the era of cheap gadgets may be a thing of the past