SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won said even if SK Hynix accelerates plant construction, memory shortages will persist.

Israeli military said Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shakhtout, a commander of a Hamas naval unit, was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza alongside two other militants. The military said the three were traveling in an armed vehicle and posed a threat. It said the naval unit is part of Hamas' military wing and is responsible for planning and directing attacks against forces in Gaza and inside Israel.

China's CSI 1000 index futures (IM) front-month contract breached 8,200, trading down 1.49% intraday.