Data released on Monday showed South Korea’s shipments abroad fell 14.2% in April, steeper than economists’ expectations for a 12.2% decline.

Korean exports are a bellwether for international trade because the nation sells a lot of essentials for supply chains — like semiconductors, computer monitors and refined oil. Exports of chips dropped 41% last month from a year earlier after sliding 34.5% in March, pointing to still-anemic tech sector demand. – Bloomberg