Korea becomes market barometer for global AI stock trade

Korea becomes market barometer for global AI stock trade

Korea has become an important barometer for the global artificial intelligence (AI) stock trade, industry officials said Monday, as swings in Seoul...

Samsung stock rebounds, SK Hynix sinks: here’s why Korea's AI trade is diverging

Samsung Electronics shares rebounded sharply on Tuesday while SK Hynix stayed in the red, splitting South Korea’s two biggest memory-chip makers. Samsung was up 3.26% by 11:20 AM KST after opening lower, while SK Hynix fell 1.90%. The KOSPI reversed an opening decline of 0.95% to gain 0.53%, helped by 1.29 trillion won of net foreign buying. The divergence suggests investors may be starting to favour Samsung’s broader memory recovery over SK Hyn…