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The U.S. military conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran, targeting missile launch sites and boats laying mines.
Iran was attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz, posing a risk to commercial shipping.
WTI crude oil prices fell nearly 5% during the Asian trading session.
Huawei Technologies has reportedly developed a new method to advance its semiconductor manufacturing, potentially reducing reliance on ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines.
China does not have access to ASML's EUV machines due to export controls from the United States.
South Korea is set to launch single stock leveraged ETFs for the first time.
Taiwan's equity market capitalization has surpassed India's, reaching nearly $5 trillion.
Investors are treating India as a funding market, selling Indian equities to invest in Taiwanese and Korean equities.
MediaTek, a smaller rival to TSMC in Taiwan, has seen its stock price increase by more than 150%.
Beijing has launched a crackdown on illicit cross-border stock trading, likely to prevent capital outflows.
Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that $1 trillion of 'hot money' exited China in 2025, marking the largest outflow since 2006.
The Australian government's annual budget includes a change to the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount that now applies broadly to all capital gains, affecting small businesses and the venture capital sector.