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South Korean equities posted a 1.3% gain on Friday, pulling Asian markets broadly higher as investors looked past geopolitical tensions and continued to favor tech stocks.
The advance held even as Wall Street carried two consecutive sessions of losses into the week's final day. futures have since steadied, with attention now squarely on the U.S.
The 1.3% print and what moved Asia South Korean equities led the region. A 1.3% session gain is meaningful in any week's final print, and it was enough to set the tone across Asian markets on Friday.
Investors chose to step past the geopolitical tensions that had weighed on the backdrop and kept their allocation pointed toward tech stocks. The preference for tech has been the through-line in this particular session.
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