Japan’s Nikkei 225 Rises 1.08%, Korea’s KOSPI Jumps 6.63% to Reclaim 6000

The scale gap is the story here: KOSPI's 6.63% single-session jump, powered by double-digit moves in SK Hynix and Samsung, is a concentrated semiconductor rally rather than broad-based strength, while the Nikkei's more modest gain suggests the chip bid was felt unevenly across the region. The KOSPI reclaiming 6000 after ten sessions below it makes the index's semiconductor weighting the key variable — whether that concentration holds or unwinds is the open question. Watch whether the chip leadership broadens beyond memory names or remains a narrow, two-stock-driven move.