KOSPI closed above 6,000 for the first time since the US-Iran war began, rising 2.07% as foreign investors returned. Taiwan TAIEX hit a new record high while mainland China diverged.
April 15, 2026 — ECONPLEX Economy News Wall Street surged for a second straight session on Tuesday, driving the S&P 500 to within 12 points of its all-time closing high. A significantly cooler-than-expected producer price report, plummeting oil prices, and renewed optimism over U.S.-Iran peace talks combined to push the Nasdaq to its 10th consecutive … Read more
Asian equity markets staged a broad rally on Tuesday, April 14, as hopes for renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy lifted investor sentiment across the region. Most major benchmarks recouped a significant portion of their losses accumulated since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on February 28. The KOSPI briefly breached the 6,000 level for the … Read more
April 14, 2026 | ECONPLEX Economy News ▲ Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 13, 2026. (Photo: Brendan McDermid / Reuters via CNBC) U.S. stocks staged a powerful comeback on Monday, April 13, with the S&P 500 erasing all losses incurred since the start of the U.S.-Iran war. The rally … Read more
Asian equities slid on Monday after U.S.-Iran peace talks collapsed in Islamabad and President Donald Trump announced a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, sending crude oil surging back above $100 a barrel and reigniting fears of a prolonged energy crisis across the region. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.74%, South Korea’s KOSPI dropped 0.86%, … Read more
From Cartier’s Historic Auction to Rammed-Earth Villas in Japan — Here Are 7 Stories Defining Luxury Living This Week Each week, we curate the most compelling stories from the worlds of luxury, food, architecture, interior design, travel, yachting, and fashion. Here’s what caught our attention this April. 🏛️ Luxury — Sotheby’s to Auction the Most … Read more
If you’ve followed semiconductor or AI news in the past year, three letters keep popping up: HBM. SK Hynix’s stock doubles. Samsung pours billions into a new fab line. NVIDIA can’t get enough supply. And at the center of every headline sits this mysterious acronym — High Bandwidth Memory. Yet most people, even seasoned investors, … Read more
Wall Street closed mixed on Friday, April 10, as investors digested a hot headline CPI print and the worst consumer sentiment reading on record. The Nasdaq Composite eked out a gain of 0.35%, buoyed by tech resilience, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.56%. In Europe, the STOXX 600 added 0.37% to extend its … Read more
Asian Markets Cap Best Week Since 2022 on Ceasefire Hopes and Israel-Lebanon Talks Asian stock markets climbed broadly on Friday, April 10, 2026, crowned by a spectacular weekly performance — MSCI Asia-Pacific ex-Japan surged 7.3% for the week, its strongest advance since November 2022. The rally was fueled by growing hopes that a fragile US-Iran … Read more
Market Overview: April 9, 2026 U.S. equities extended their rally to a seventh consecutive session on Thursday, April 9, as Israel’s surprise decision to open direct negotiations with Lebanon removed a key obstacle in the fragile Iran ceasefire. The Dow Jones Industrial Average turned positive for the year, while European bourses finished mostly lower as … Read more