Asia tech stocks sink as oil spike and Qatar attacks threaten chip supply chain

Group 1 - Asian technology stocks experienced a decline due to Iran's attacks on Qatar's Ras Laffan Industrial City and rising oil prices, which heightened concerns over supply chain disruptions in the semiconductor industry [1][4] - South Korean memory giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics saw their shares fall by 2.23% and 1.8% respectively, while Taiwan's TSMC dropped by 2.1% [2] - Japanese companies Advantest and Tokyo Electron also faced declines, with shares falling over 4% and 1.99% respectively [2] Group 2 - Chinese AI companies MiniMax and Knowledge Atlas Technology experienced significant declines of 10% and 8% following a previous surge in AI stocks, influenced by positive comments from Nvidia's CEO [3] - Hong Kong-listed stocks of Alibaba and Tencent also fell, with declines of 3.34% and 6% respectively [3] - Analysts indicated that the current market volatility is primarily driven by macro risks related to the Middle East conflict and oil price increases, overshadowing company fundamentals [4]