South Korean stocks opened at a fresh record high Tuesday, with the benchmark KOSPI rising to 8,893.19 amid continued optimism in artificial intelligence-related shares.
The KOSPI added 94.81 points, or 1.08 percent, to reach 8,893.19 at the opening bell. This surpassed the previous all-time closing high of 8,788.38 set on Monday.
The gains tracked overnight advances on Wall Street, where major U.S. indexes also hit fresh records driven by technology shares.
Nvidia shares surged more than 6 percent after chief executive Jensen Huang unveiled a new AI processor for local agentic applications on personal computers. Oil prices held gains as U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran were progressing rapidly.
