BANGKOK — Global stock markets increased on Friday, July 3, 2026, with South Korea's Kospi leading gains in Asia and Europe. The increases followed a U.S. jobs report and a rebound from previous tech-led losses.

South Korea's Kospi advanced 5.8% to 8,088.34 during Asian trading. Share prices of Samsung Electronics increased 8.2%, and SK Hynix shares rose 10.9%. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.5% to 69,744.07, with Tokyo Electron shares up 0.4% and Kioxia shares up 9.2%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index increased 1.3% to 23,345.28, while the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.4% to 4,043.64. Taiwan's Taiex saw a 0.1% increase, and India's Sensex gained 0.7%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 1.4% to 8,844.40.

In early European trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.7% to 52,643.30. The CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.3% to 8,497.30, and Britain's FTSE 100 increased 0.4% to 10,689.77. SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes stated, "Asian stocks found some footing after two bruising tech-led sessions, with the Korean market once again showing how quickly a stretched rubber band can snap back when everyone leans the same way."

On Thursday, July 2, 2026, U.S. indexes showed mixed results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.1% to 52,900.07, and the S&P 500 increased less than 0.1% to close at 7,483.24. The Nasdaq composite dropped 0.8% to 25,382.67. Some technology shares declined, with Micron Technology down 5.5%, Nvidia down 1.4%, and Lam Research down 10.2%.

A report for June 2026 indicated that U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs to payrolls. Economists had anticipated 100,000 new jobs for June 2026. Bitcoin rose approximately 2% on Thursday, July 2, 2026, and an additional 0.5% in early trading on Friday. Robinhood Markets shares increased 3.8% and Coinbase Global shares climbed 3.9% on Thursday.

In commodities and currencies on Friday, Brent crude gained 0.6% to $72.26 a barrel in early trading, and U.S. benchmark crude rose 0.5% to $69.05 a barrel. The dollar fell to 160.97 Japanese yen from 161.11 yen, while the euro increased to $1.1450 from $1.1431.