South Korean shares soared to a record high on Thursday, driven by a significant surge in chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Both companies secured a major deal to supply memory chips for OpenAI’s data centres, propelling the benchmark KOSPI over 3%.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,