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South Korea and Taiwan equities climb on AI hardware demand

South Korea and Taiwan equities extended gains Wednesday as AI demand buoyed Samsung, SK Hynix, and Taiwanese hardware names. Analysts tied part of the hardware bump to consumer take-up of Meta’s Muse agent topping download charts.

By US Brief desk · Updated 2026-09-24T05:35:00-07:00

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Market data screens at the Taiwan Stock Exchange (file photo, 2021)

What happened

South Korea and Taiwan equities extended gains Wednesday as AI demand buoyed Samsung, SK Hynix, and Taiwanese hardware names. Analysts tied part of the hardware bump to consumer take-up of Meta’s Muse agent topping download charts.

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  • Reuters
  • Straits Times, Sep 23, 2026

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