Chip Losses Narrow as KASE Global Enters Final Hour

Chip losses narrow as KASE Global enters its final hour
Updated 27 August 2026, 00:10 SGT (UTC+8). KASE Global remains open for executable foreign-equity orders; regional benchmarks are completed closes and KASE Global prices are clearly timed snapshots.
KASE GLOBAL · 21:10Kazakhstan time (UTC+5)
Regional map
Day change
Taiwan breadth was decisively positive: 840 advances, 205 declines and 79 unchanged. Every percentage is a completed 26 August close; KASE Global’s foreign-equity order book remains live separately.
Active market
KASE Global
KASE Global is the only verified Asian equity venue still executing orders at this update. Its foreign shares settle in USD on T+2.
- ConocoPhillips+5.00%COP_KZ · USD 132.30
- Meta+2.55%META_KZ · USD 580.38
- AMD+1.36%AMD_KZ · USD 484.50
- Nvidia−0.72%NVDA_KZ · USD 210.98
- Intel−2.13%INTC_KZ · USD 86.87
Official KASE Global page captured 20:51 Kazakhstan time / 23:51 SGT. Continuous counter-auction trading runs to 22:00 Kazakhstan time / 01:00 SGT.
India gave back oil relief
Close
- IT sector−1.5%visa-cost and AI caution
- Reliance−1.4%index drag
- Private banksup to +1.1%rotation support
- Small caps+0.8%broader resilience
The closing auction deepened losses even as Brent traded below $87, exposing weak benchmark demand rather than a broad risk-off move.
Macro shock
21:30 SGT release
Headline inflation exceeded the 3.6% consensus. Futures lifted the implied September Fed-hike probability to 44% from 36%, a fresh valuation headwind for Asia’s rate-sensitive growth trade.
What changed
Since 22:34 SGT
Chip losses narrowed on the official KASE tape after the hot PCE print. Nvidia improved 0.37 percentage points, Intel 0.89 points and AMD’s gain widened 0.58 points.
Investor decision board
Next catalysts
Lower oil, firm regional closes and narrowing chip losses can absorb one hot inflation print if Nvidia confirms durable AI demand.
Sticky US inflation raises discount rates just as Asia’s strongest gains concentrate in expensive semiconductor leaders.
Nvidia reports after the US close. KASE Global’s thinner final hour ends at 01:00 SGT; price gaps still need confirmation on Thursday’s main Asian open.
