Seoul, January 2 (EFECOM). – The Seoul Stock Exchange’s main index, the Kospi, rose 2.27% this Friday in its first session of the year, crossing the 4,300 point threshold for the first time in its history, thanks to the momentum of technology companies such as Samsung and SK Hynix.
The indicator rose 95.46 points to 4,309.63 integers, after a day of sustained gains that also pushed the Kosdaq stock index, which combines technology and mid-cap companies, up 3%, or 18.19 points, to 624.17 units.
Optimism for the semiconductor and technology sectors pushed the index higher, surpassing the previous all-time high of 4,221.87 set on November 3.
Samsung Electronics, a local benchmark, rose 7.17% on the same day as the tech group’s co-CEO Jun Young-hyun said the company would strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in 2026 and highlighted the positive response to its new generation of HBM4 memory chips.
Its rival SK Hynix grew by 3.99%. A boom at both companies was interpreted as an expression of expectations that the boom in the semiconductor industry will continue this year, according to analysts at the South Korean newspaper Chosun.EFECOM
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