The South Korea stock market on Wednesday ended the two-day slide in which it had slumped almost 50 points or 1.4 percent. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI rests just above the 3,655-point plateau and it's tipped to open in the green again on Thursday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is murky amid rising tensions between the world's two largest economies. The European markets were mostly lower and the U.S. bourses were mostly higher and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.