AustriaAsian stock markets experienced significant declines today due to losses in semiconductor stocks. The South Korean benchmark KOSPI fell over ten percent at times, while Tokyo's Nikkei lost more than four percent. The decline was triggered by reports of potential Chinese advancements in machine technology for chip production. Trading in Seoul was temporarily halted due to large price drops, with shares of major South Korean memory chip makers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix losing around thirteen percent. In Tokyo, shares of memory chip maker Kioxia dropped eighteen percent, while those of semiconductor equipment suppliers Advantest and Tokyo Electron fell approximately eleven percent each. The Taiwanese market also lost more than four percent, with shares of chip giant TSMC under pressure. These declines followed losses in U.S. tech stocks the previous day, including more than eight percent loss for Dutch chip machinery maker ASML in Amsterdam.
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