Asia tech stocks sink as oil spike and Qatar attacks threaten chip supply chain
By Lee Ying Shan
Published on March 19, 2026.
Asian technology stocks have fallen due to Iran's attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City and a surge in oil prices, raising concerns about disruptions in the semiconductor industry. South Korea's memory giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics saw their shares drop by 2.23% and 1.8% respectively. Meanwhile, Japan's Advantest fell over 4%, and Tokyo Electron lost 1.99%. China's 'AI tigers' MiniMax and Knowledge Atlas Technology, also known as Z.
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