South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 0.46%, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics both up over 1%.

BlockBeats News, August 31st, according to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 Index closed down 93.63 points today, a decrease of 0.14%, at 66,311.93 points; the South Korean KOSPI Index closed up 31.22 points today, an increase of 0.46%, at 6,820.1 points. The index fell more than 3% intraday, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics rising more than 1%.