US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 01.07.2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 1, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 2, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT Chip Sell-Off Slams Asian Markets as Kospi Sinks 8% July 2, 2026, 3:46 AM EDT. Asian stocks fell hard Thursday on a chip sector rout that swept through the Nikkei 225, South Korea’s Kospi, and the Taiex. The Kospi dropped 7.9%, dragged down by SK Hynix, off 14.6%, and Samsung Electronics, which lost 9.1%. Tokyo Electron fell 7.4%. U.S. chipmakers Micron and Intel also slid, with Capital Economics saying AI demand is rising slower than investors hoped. Oil was down more than 1% after talks