Amid U.S.-Iran tensions, Japan and South Korea equity markets opened higher on Friday, June 19, then turned lower. The Nikkei 225 closed up 196.57 points (+0.28%) at 71,250.06 after briefly falling more than 0.5% intraday. The KOSPI closed down 14.81

2026-06-19

Amid U.S.-Iran tensions, Japan and South Korea equity markets opened higher on Friday, June 19, then turned lower. The Nikkei 225 closed up 196.57 points (+0.28%) at 71,250.06 after briefly falling more than 0.5% intraday. The KOSPI closed down 14.81 points (-0.16%) at 9,049.03 after an intraday drop exceeding 3%.