July 2 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets The U.S. jobs report will clearly dominate the day ahead for markets, but there's been a hefty pullback in red-hot chip stocks around the world as the second half of the year gets underway. Given the shortened week, quarter-end trading quirks...

06:37 AM EDT, 07/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets largely fell back Thursday, following overnight declines on Wall Street of chip benchmarks Micron Technology (MU) and Intel (INTC), on growing concerns that heavy capital spending in the tech sector will erode bottom lines. Traders cooled on semiconductor issues after media reports that Meta Platforms (META) may sell access to...

10:18 UTC — Korea's chip stocks slumped again. Bitcoin is holding above $60,000.South Korea's Kospi slid 7.9% on Thursday after Samsung and SK Hynix shed a combined $290 billion in market value, the second time this month the index has blown up on AI chip worries. Bitcoin clawed back above $61,100, up about 4% on the day, per CoinDesk data....

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mike Dolan July 2 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets The U.S. jobs report will clearly dominate the day ahead for markets, but there's been a hefty pullback in red-hot chip stocks around the world...