KORU is trading at $16.42 (-12.47%) as South Korea’s semiconductor-heavy market falls after an overnight retreat in U.S. technology shares.
- SK hynix and Samsung Electronics led the regional decline as investors questioned whether enormous AI-infrastructure spending can deliver adequate returns and worried about intensifying Chinese chip competition.
- The KOSPI ultimately fell 4.58%, confirming a broad Korea technology-sector selloff rather than an isolated ETF move.
- Disappointing reactions to AMD and memory-related technology guidance intensified pressure on global AI and semiconductor shares.