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Australia's Westpac/Melbourne consumer confidence index in July was 83.9, compared with the previous value of 80.6.

Australia's Westpac/Melbourne consumer confidence index in July was 4.1% on a monthly basis, compared with -2.90% in the previous month.

European stock index futures were lower, with Europe's Stoxx 50 index futures falling 0.9%, Germany's DAX30 index futures falling 0.8%, and Britain's FTSE 100 index futures falling slightly by 0.1%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 19.20 points, or 0.22%, on July 14 (Tuesday) to 8789.30 points.

SK Hynix fell nearly 10% on its second trading day on the U.S. stock market. Beneath the surface, risks are building. On June 23, the KOSPI index plunged nearly 10% after South Korean regulators warned that the chip sector was overheating. Three days later, market concerns about memory chip demand resurfaced, triggering an index circuit breaker. On July 13, affected by the escalation of the situation in Iran, KOSPI plunged nearly 9%, triggering a market-wide circuit breaker again. If there is a larger-scale sell-off in KOSPI, its impact will not be limited to South Korea. In fact, Signs of global transmission caused by its shock have begun to emerge. After KOSPI plummeted on June 23, the Nasdaq fell more than 2%; on July 13, KOSPI plummeted, and the Nasdaq closed down 1.55%. Today, this cross-market linkage effect is significantly amplified. SK Hynix's blockbuster IPO, which was reportedly seven times oversubscribed, essentially embedded one of the Korean market's most volatile leveraged stocks directly into the portfolios of U.S. investors. From a multi-crisis framework, the current pattern reflects feedback loops between different systems: retail leverage in South Korea amplifies chip sector fluctuations; This in turn suppresses global AI expectations, coupled with the tightening of liquidity caused by the repricing of U.S. debt, jointly transmitting pressure to the global market. But this does not mean that a crisis is coming. The semiconductor demand that supports Samsung and SK Hynix's surge is real and growing. However, the global spillover effects caused by KOSPI's concentration and leverage-driven volatility have once again highlighted the fragile connections hidden deep in the current financial system. We need to realize that this is not an isolated incident in Asia, but a sensitive nerve affecting the world. The breadth and depth of its chain reaction may be far greater than expected.

NI225 opened down 197.99 points on July 14 (Tuesday), or 0.29%, to 67044.74 points.