Investor sentiment dampened as strong U.S. economic data and rising oil prices intensified concerns that high interest rates could persist for an extended period. However, reports of peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran eased anxieties, helping the stock market quickly recover its losses.
As U.S. Treasury yields surged and concerns over higher-for-longer interest rates mounted, caution regarding the possibility of an additional Fed rate hike grew significantly.
News that the U.S. and Iran are conducting phased negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict improved investor sentiment, paring earlier stock market losses.
Crude oil prices surged due to heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and concerns over supply disruptions, fueling inflation fears.
Oracle's shares plummeted on reports that it invoked a force majeure clause on a mega AI data center project, intensifying financial anxieties around data centers.
As AI infrastructure investment spreads across memory semiconductors and power infrastructure, investment sentiment toward major tech stocks is improving. However, concerns over contracting consumer spending caused by the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate-hike stance and inflation burdens are limiting sharp market gains.
Despite a rise in U.S. August retail sales, real purchasing power declined due to high inflation, including energy, and the burden of high interest rates, heightening caution over further Fed tightening.
As AI infrastructure investment demand rapidly expands from GPUs to memory semiconductors, expectations are rising for a revaluation of core valuations for next-generation HBM and DDR5 memory companies.
As the possibility of participating in large-scale nuclear power plant construction increases under the second Korea-U.S. investment project in the United States, expectations of broad benefits for domestic nuclear energy companies are strengthening.
Despite attempts to resume dialogue between the U.S. and Iran, defense order momentum continues due to interceptor missile depletion and expanding weapon resupply demand from the prolonged Middle East conflict.
Bargain hunting flowed into gold prices due to the perception that concerns over additional Fed tightening were priced in, alongside global central banks' demand for foreign exchange reserve diversification.
The shift to an 800VDC power paradigm in next-generation AI data centers centered on Nvidia is accelerating order growth for high-efficiency power equipment, including semiconductor transformers.
