MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan is up 0.9%, while South Korea’s Kospi has risen 2.1% to hit a fresh record high for the first time since the war on Iran began.🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/S595i0a49V pic.twitter.com/IEhmSF03YH— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 21, 2026