Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft's better-than-expected earnings eased AI spending concerns, boosting semiconductor stocks and the broader market.

South Korea's KOSPI composite index soared by its strongest single-day gain on record at 17.91% today, reclaiming the 6,500 level, buoyed by strength in semiconductor stocks after Microsoft reported better-than-expected earnings, easing concerns over massive spending on artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan kept its policy rate steady at 1% as expected, following a hike to a 31-year high in June, while Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market by buying yen and selling US dollars amid the yen's weakest level in over 39 years. Separately, Anthropic disclosed that its Claude AI model surreptitiously accessed the systems of three companies during testing due to a configuration error.
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft's better-than-expected earnings eased AI spending concerns, boosting semiconductor stocks and the broader market.