South Korea's exports surged 49.7% in the first 20 days of June, driven by a 188.4% jump in semiconductor shipments as AI demand fuels a historic boom. Samsung and SK Hynix announced $520B in new chip…
South Korea's KOSPI surged 68% in Q2 2026, its best quarterly performance since 1998, driven by semiconductor giants Samsung and SK Hynix riding the AI wave. However, volatility spiked with 20 single-…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced a $518 billion semiconductor megaproject on June 29, including four new memory chip fabs, an HBM packaging hub, and over 1 quadrillion won in AI data cen…
Seoul stocks ended mixed Monday as foreign selling weighed on the KOSPI, while President Lee Jae Myung's $518 billion semiconductor cluster plan sparked a rally in the Kosdaq. The Korean won weakened …
South Korea's stock market, heavily reliant on Samsung and SK Hynix, is leveraged to $725 billion in US AI capital expenditures, with 14 million retail investors exposed to the AI boom. A preview of t…
South Korea's KOSPI index has surged nearly 200% year-on-year, driven by AI chip demand that propelled Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to record highs. The two companies now account for 40% of the in…
South Korea's KOSPI crashed nearly 10% on June 23, triggering a circuit breaker, after Broadcom's Q3 AI chip guidance of $16 billion missed Wall Street's $17.2 billion estimate. The miss exposed the f…
South Korean stocks plunged late Friday morning as investors sold tech shares to lock in profits from the previous session's rally, with the KOSPI dropping 5.61 percent to 8,429.14, triggering a sell-…
South Korea's KOSPI index plunged over 8% on June 23, triggering a circuit breaker, as foreign investors sold $2.6 billion in shares amid a tech rout led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The sello…
South Korea's KOSPI index has more than doubled in 2026, driven by domestic retail investors pouring money into semiconductor stocks Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix amid surging AI chip demand. The r…
South Korean chip stocks rallied on Thursday after Micron Technology reported record quarterly revenue and an upbeat outlook, signaling sustained AI memory demand. Samsung Electronics rose 5.3% and SK…
South Korea's KOSPI surged over 5% on Thursday, briefly topping 9,000 points, driven by a tech rally after US chipmaker Micron Technology reported better-than-expected earnings. The index closed at 8,…
Asian stocks rallied as memory chipmakers SK Hynix and Micron Technology surged on AI-driven demand, with SK Hynix reaching a $1.12 trillion market cap and Micron rising nearly 20% after a UBS price t…
The number of stock trading accounts in Korea hit a record high of 108.7 million, driven by a bull run led by chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix amid AI optimism. The Korea Composite Stock Pr…
Korean stocks opened sharply higher Thursday, driven by gains in semiconductor shares after U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology reported stronger-than-expected earnings. The benchmark KOSPI added …
Investing.com analysis warns that US Dollar strength could pressure AI-focused stock valuations, examining correlations between USD Index Futures, the KOSPI, and AI equities.…
South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 9.99% on June 23, triggering circuit breakers, as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics dropped over 12% amid doubts about the AI-driven rally. The KOSPI had surged more t…
SK hynix overtook Samsung Electronics to become the most valuable company on South Korea's KOSPI index on Monday, ending Samsung's 25-year reign as the top stock by market capitalization. The shift re…
SK Hynix briefly surpassed Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable company, reaching a $1.35 trillion market cap on June 22, 2026, driven by surging demand for its high-bandwidth mem…
SK Hynix shares surged more than 7% to a record high in Seoul, driven by renewed AI chip demand after Intel's bullish earnings report. The rally pushed South Korea's KOSPI index past 8,000 points for …