Surge in Asian ETFs Driven by Technology Boom

Strong Performance of Asian ETFs

South Korea and Taiwan-focused ETFs rose by 4.45% and 2.57% respectively. This performance was mirrored in the broader Asia-focused ETFs, which gained 2.55%.

NVIDIA's Impact

NVIDIA's stock surged 10.27% over the week, bringing its year-to-date performance to 144.11%, after CEO Jen-Hsun Huang's keynote speech at the Computex conference. He introduced the next-generation platform called Rubin for 2026, set to launch new products on a one-year cycle, demonstrating the company's technological advance in the AI field.

The recent rise in the company's stock can also be attributed to the 10-for-1 stock split that took effect Friday after the closing bell.

South Korean Semiconductor Surge

Semiconductor stocks linked to NVIDIA have seen remarkable gains. SK Hynix, which supplies high-bandwidth memory to NVIDIA, and Hanmi Semiconductor, which provides TC bonders to SK Hynix, both posted significant increases. Hanmi Semiconductor's stock skyrocketed by 155.26% this year, even surpassing NVIDIA's 144.11% rise. The positive performance of semiconductor stocks propelled the iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

to rise by 4.42%.

Taiwan's Market Boost

In Taiwan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

played a key role in lifting the market. TSMC's stock climbed 4.77% in the past five days and nearly 48.23% year-to-date, driving the iShares MSCI Taiwan Capped ETF

EWT

-3.34%

up by 2.54%.

Group Data

Index Data

Funds Specific Data:

EWY

-6.62%

EWT

-3.34%

AIA

-2.95%

FLKR

-6.25%

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