South Korea's KOSPI closed up nearly 6% on Thursday, rebounding from the prior
session's selloff as semiconductor stocks led gains. SK Hynix jumped 12.73%
after announcing a buyback and retirement of treasury shares and a plan to
allocate more than 50% of free cash flow in 2025–27 to shareholder returns.
Samsung Electronics rose 9.49% amid media reports it may announce a
shareholder-return plan by month-end. U.S. Treasury proposals to support
long-term Treasuries temporarily eased a recent spike in long-term U.S. Treasury
yields and steadied investor sentiment, Future Asset Securities' Seo Sang-young
said.
