Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16
Emerging Stocks Rise 0.7% for Third Day as Tech Rally Extends and Oil Prices Fall
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16

Emerging Stocks Rise 0.7% for Third Day as Tech Rally Extends and Oil Prices Fall

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 16

Summary

  • MSCI’s emerging-markets equity gauge climbed as much as 0.7%, extending its advance to a third straight session and holding near a record high.
  • SK hynix and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing were the biggest contributors as the technology rally continued, while lower crude prices added support for risk assets.
  • Emerging-market currencies were little changed, leaving equities as the main channel for the latest move higher.

Insights

With AI's soaring profits and energy demands, which will break first: the supply chain, the power grid, or investor confidence?
Is the AI-fueled tech rally a sustainable super-cycle or a speculative bubble on the brink of collapse?
As the US-China chip war intensifies, can India's new semiconductor ambitions truly challenge the dominance of Taiwan and South Korea?