South Korea's Kospi leads regional rebound, up 5%, as Trump comments drive oil lower

NoodlesOrTokens · 2026-03-10T00:22:04+00:00

South Korea's Kospi rose over 5% as oil prices fell and U.S. markets rebounded following President Trump's comments on the Iran conflict. The S&P 500 and Dow also posted gains, marking a recovery from earlier losses.

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2026-03-10 00:22:04

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A currency dealer monitors exchange rates in front of a big screen showing South Korea’s benchmark stock index © and the Korean won/USD exchange rate ® in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on April 9, 2025.

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South Korea’s Kospi opened more than 5% higher Tuesday, leading a rebound in the region, after oil prices fell and Wall Street bounced back as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the conflict with Iran could be nearing its end.

The small-cap Kosdaq added over 4%.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.35% in early trade.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 1.66%, while the Topix gained 1.3%.

Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 25,370, compared with the index’s last close of 25,408.46.

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Oil prices fell after Trump said he was considering seizing control of the Strait of Hormuz, the most important chokepoint in world for the crude market. Trump also told a CBS News reporter, who shared the comments in a post on X, that “the war is very complete, pretty much.”

U.S. crude oil was down 6.49% at $88.66 per barrel at 7.28 p.m. ET Monday. The decline came after oil surged past $100.

“With 20% of world oil supply stopped, we have the largest interruption ever,” said Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, in reference to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

The biggest disruption before the current war was during the Suez Crisis of 1956 when Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the energy consulting firm told clients in a Sunday note. At that time, roughly 10% of global oil supply was disrupted.

Overnight in U.S. stocks advanced. The S&P 500 rose 0.83% to close at 6,795.99, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 239.25 points, or 0.5%, and ended at 47,740.80. The blue-chip index is coming off its biggest weekly slide in nearly a year. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.38% and settled at 22,695.95.

Those moves mark an impressive turnaround from the losses seen earlier in the day. The Dow was down nearly 900 points at its session low, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had dropped as much as 1.5% each.

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