Japan and South Korea stock markets close higher, SK Hynix up 5.7%

TechFlow News, August 5, Nikkei 225 Index August 5 (Wednesday) closed up 2,342.91 points, a gain of 3.66%, at 66,300.44 points, SoftBank up 13%, Kioxia up 4.8%. South Korea KOSPI Index August 5 (Wednesday) closed up 239.3 points, a gain of 3.76%, at 6,598.25 points; South Korea KOSDAQ Index up 2.41%, SK Hynix up 5.77%, Samsung Electronics up 2.5%. (Jin10)