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Story summary
- South Korea's Kospi index rose 5.8% to 8,088.34 after the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 52,900.07.
- Samsung Electronics gained 8.2% while SK Hynix rose 10.9% on the rebound.
- Tokyo's Nikkei 225 advanced 1.5% to 69,744.07.
- U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs in June, below the 100,000 expected.
- Brent crude rose 0.6% to $72.26 a barrel as Micron Technology fell 5.5% and Nvidia fell 1.4%, pressuring the S&P 500.
