Seoul stocks open sharply higher on chip gains amid revived AI hopes

South Korean stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, led by gains in tech heavyweights, following a record close for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite amid revived hopes for artificial intelligence and a fall in global oil prices and bond yields. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index was up 141.58 points, or 2.02 percent, to 7,149.3 as of 9:15 a.m. On Monday, US stocks rallied, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 2.3 percent. The S&P 500 gained 1.5 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Aver

Source: The Korea Herald