Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as the Korean Standard Stock Price Index (KOSPI) is displayed on an electronic screen (above) in the foreign exchange dealing room at Hana Bank’s main branch in Seoul on June 23, 2026.
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Global stock markets ended higher on Friday after US stocks closed mixed on Wall Street in New York for the last time this week.
U.S. markets were closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday.
European-listed stocks ended Friday’s trading in positive territory after a mixed morning. pan-european Stocks 600 The stock was up 0.69% at market close, setting a new 52-week high and marking the benchmark’s fourth consecutive week of gains.
Utilities stocks led the region’s gains, rising 1.78% as investors continued to look for defensive positions.
In Frankfurt, Germany, dachshund The index closed 0.85% higher, leading Europe’s major stock exchanges, while Italy’s Milan market FTSE MIB It rose by 0.77%. French people in Paris CAC40 The stock closed 0.48% higher in London. FTSE100 Added 0.19%.
Japan is an early benchmark in Asia. Nikkei Stock Average led the rise, closing 1.47% higher, while Topix rose 1.17%. Korean Kospi rose 5.76%, while the Kosdaq index fell 1.68%.
australian S&P/ASX 200 Added 1.37%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 1.28%, while the mainland’s CSI300 index rose 1.15%. Taiwan’s benchmark stock, TYEX, rose 0.2%.
Stocks ended mixed in the US overnight. Dow Jones Industrial Average The stock closed at a record high after the June employment report was weaker than expected, increasing expectations for the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. On the other hand, the slump in semiconductor stocks was a drag. Nasdaq lower.
The 30-stock average added 594.83 points (1.14%) to a record closing price of 52,900.07. The index hit a new intraday high of 52,903.85. The S&P 500 rose less than 1 point to end at 7,483.24, while the Nasdaq fell 0.8% to 25,832.67.
Semiconductor prices fell for the second day in a row, putting pressure on the latter two indexes. The VanEck Semiconductor (SMH) ETF fell 4.5%, led by Teradyne’s 13.6% drop and KLA’s 11.5% decline. Nvidia stock also fell 1.4%, and Micron stock fell 5.5%.
—CNBC’s Justina Lee contributed to this article.
