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Coca-Cola Q2 2026 Revenue Hits $13.38B, Up 7% — Company Raises Full-Year EPS Growth Guidance to 10%

Coca-Cola posted second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of 97 cents per share on net revenue of $13.38 billion, beating Wall Street's estimates of 93 cents and $13.16 billion. Organic revenue climbed 6% as global unit case volume rose 5%, led by India, China, the U.S. and Brazil, with Coca-Cola Zero Sugar volume up 16%. The beverage giant raised its full-year comparable earnings growth outlook to 9%-10%, up from 8%-9%, citing resilient consumer demand and World Cup-driven marketing momentum.

AMD Signs Korea AI Center MOU at Advancing AI 2026 — Open ROCm Ecosystem to Challenge Nvidia's CUDA Lock-In in Asia

AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT during the AMD Advancing AI 2026 conference in San Francisco, establishing an AI Center of Excellence in Korea. The agreement targets a heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure combining AMD CPUs, GPUs, and Korean neural processing units, and aims to connect Korean chipmakers, universities, and research institutions to AMD's open-source ROCm software platform as an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA ecosystem.

South Korea Kospi Plunges 4.9% as Samsung Falls 4.4% and SK Hynix 3.3% — AI Bubble Fears Trigger Sidecar Trading Halt

South Korea's Kospi sank 4.9% to 6,490 on Monday, with Samsung Electronics losing 4.4% and SK Hynix falling 3.3%, as investors accelerated a global rotation out of AI-linked semiconductor names. The Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar, temporarily halting program trading. The selloff extends a broader pattern of AI valuation doubts that pulled global tech markets lower last week, even as Nasdaq futures edged higher. TSMC rose 2% in Taipei after falling 7.3% on Friday following its $265B US expansion pledge.

AppLovin Drops 12.7% to $448 — BofA E-Commerce Pixel Slowdown Data and AI Trade Risk-Off Compound Insider Selling Overhang

AppLovin shares fell 12.7% to close at $447.93 on Monday, the worst performer in the S&P 500, as a Bank of America analysis found the company's e-commerce pixel installations slowed to roughly 750 new additions in June from 950 in May. The decline was compounded by a broad AI trade risk-off triggered by the Hormuz blockade escalation and persistent concern over CEO Adam Foroughi's approximately $51 million in June share sales. AppLovin reports Q2 earnings on August 5, guiding for $1.93 billion in revenue.

SK Hynix Falls 15.4% in Record Seoul Plunge — KOSPI Triggers 7th Circuit Breaker of 2026 as AI Memory Unwind Spreads to US Premarket

SK Hynix shares fell 15.4% in Seoul — their worst single-session decline on record — dragging the KOSPI down 8.95% and triggering a 20-minute market-wide circuit breaker, the seventh of 2026. The rout came just one day after SK Hynix's $26.5 billion US ADR debut, as arbitrage selling, a downgraded Q2 profit forecast from Korea Investment & Securities, and renewed US-Iran tensions converged. Micron Technology and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF are both lower in US premarket trading.

OpenAI Weighs IPO Delay to 2027 at $1 Trillion Valuation — SoftBank Plunges 13%, KOSPI Triggers Circuit Breaker as Nasdaq 100 Futures Slide 0.9%

The New York Times reported that OpenAI is considering delaying its initial public offering until 2027, targeting a $1 trillion valuation rather than accepting a lower figure in choppy markets. The news sent SoftBank Group plunging 13%, wiping out 5.6 trillion yen in market value, and triggered an 8% collapse in South Korea's KOSPI that activated a circuit breaker. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.9% as investors broadly reassessed AI-sector valuations heading into a pivotal quarter-end Friday.

Nasdaq 100 Futures Slide 3.1%, Kospi Plunges 10% — Global AI Selloff Hits SK Hynix and Samsung as Rate-Hike Fears Mount

Nasdaq 100 futures fell 3.1% in premarket trading Tuesday while South Korea's Kospi plunged nearly 10% — its worst session in years — as a global technology selloff intensified overnight. SK Hynix fell more than 12% and Samsung Electronics dropped sharply, triggering circuit breakers on South Korean exchanges. European markets followed, with ASML down 5% and the Euro Stoxx Technology index falling 3%. The selloff reflects mounting investor concern over Federal Reserve rate-hike signals and the cost of AI infrastructure debt.

US-Iran Ceasefire Sends Nasdaq Futures Up 2.2% — Oil Crashes Below $80 as Strait of Hormuz Reopens

Nasdaq 100 futures jumped 2.2% and S&P 500 futures rose 1.3% on Monday after the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic. Brent crude tumbled toward $83 a barrel from above $88, its sharpest drop in months. Gold and Bitcoin also climbed as risk appetite returned, while the dollar weakened against major currencies on reduced geopolitical risk premia.

South Korea's KOSPI Surges 5% to 5,925 as Samsung and SK Hynix Lead Record Institutional Buying Amid AI Memory Boom

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index surged more than 5% on Wednesday, closing at 5,925.03 on record institutional net buying of 3.1 trillion won — the single largest institutional buy day in the exchange's history. Semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the rally, reclaiming key psychological price levels at 200,000 won and 1 million won respectively, as investors positioned ahead of Micron Technology's blockbuster earnings expected after the U.S. close.