Samsung Electronics

With Samsung and SK Hynix carrying outsized influence, swings in AI sentiment can quickly become index-level events, says Vantage Global Prime.

Capital Markets & Currencies

South Korea’s surging equity volatility draws meme-stock comparisons

The growing dominance of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the market’s two largest stocks, is driving this

Micron and its peers in the memory space, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, have become major beneficiaries of the AI infrastructure build-out.

Technology

Micron soars after AI-fuelled sales forecast shatters estimates

Shares up 16% after firm says Q4 revenue will be around US$50 billion

Samsung is estimated to have to spend 154 trillion won on the bonus, including 40% in taxes.

Telcos, Media & Tech

Samsung Electronics plans 90 trillion won share buyback

The memory-chip maker will soon announce details on the plan

Shares of SK Hynix, now the world’s most valuable memory chipmaker, closed up 5.6%, lifting its market capitalisation to 2,080.4 trillion won.

Telcos, Media & Tech

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become South Korea’s most valuable company

The chipmaker’s shares have risen more than 340% this year alone

The benchmark South Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) jumped 199.60 points, or 2.25%, to close at a new record high at 9,063.84.

Capital Markets & Currencies

South Korea’s Kospi index tops 9,000 as chipmakers hit records

Samsung Electronics rises 4.62% and SK Hynix gains 6.51%

The stock price of SK Hynix has more than tripled ib 2026.

Telcos, Media & Tech

Global banks curb hedge fund bets on SK Hynix, Samsung after wild moves

Some large lenders are still willing to take new orders on a case-by-case basis

According to HSBC, TSMC is the biggest portfolio underweight among Asian and global emerging-market funds.

Telcos, Media & Tech

NEWS ANALYSIS

How a few AI chip giants warped Asia’s stock picking game

TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix make up a third of MSCI Asia-ex-Japan, raising concentration risks

With more stable chip supply and stronger margins than many rivals, Apple is well placed to gain market share and could face less pressure to raise prices.

Companies & Markets

Global smartphone market faces record annual decline as chip crunch worsens

The impact is being felt most acutely in lower-end smartphones

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is expected to visit South Korea later this week and meet LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo and other Korean executives.

Companies & Markets

Samsung, LG shares rally ahead of Nvidia CEO meetings with Korean executives

[SEOUL] Shares in Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other South Korean tech firms rallied on Monday (Jun 1), as expected meetings between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Korean executives boosted ho...

HBM chips have become a critical component in AI processors used for training and deploying large language models such as ChatGPT.

Telcos, Media & Tech

Samsung takes lead in shipping top-end AI memory chip samples

The company says that it has started shipping its first 12-layer HBM4E samples to major clients

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