Asian stocks are lower after South Korea's Kospi hits records, as Trump wraps up Beijing trip

Asian stocks are mostly lower and South Korea's Kospi has given up gains after reaching an all-time high and crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time. Investors are watching for developments from the Iran war and from U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Asian stocks are lower after South Korea's Kospi hits records, as Trump wraps up Beijing trip. Asian stocks are mostly lower and South Korea's Kospi has given up gains after reaching an all-time high and crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time. Investors are watching for developments from the Iran war and from U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. U.S. futures edged down after Wall Street reached fresh records. Other WRAL Top Stories Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 61,880.04 after rising earlier in the day. South Korea’s Kospi lost 3.2% to 7,727.34 after crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time and reaching 8,046.78, in part powered by excitement around the artificial intelligence boom. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.9% to 26,145.66, while the Shanghai Composite index edged up 0.1% to 4,183...