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Korean stock market's semiconductor main line takes a pause, sparking sector rotation as non-semiconductor industries undergo value revaluation
Odaily News: Data released today by the Korea Exchange shows that heavyweight semiconductor stocks have recently pulled back, with capital beginning to rotate toward non-semiconductor sectors. From August 3 to 7, Samsung Electronics fell 12.00%, SK Hynix dropped 17.23%, and the KOSPI index declined 5.10% over the same period; however, sectors such as metals and machinery equipment rose against the trend.Currently, the combined market capitalization of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as a share of the KOSPI has fallen from 58.9% on June 25 to 46.3% on August 7. Meanwhile, the KOSPI's net profit forecast for this year, excluding these two companies, has been revised upward from 219.2 trillion KRW last week to 222.3 trillion KRW, with improving market earnings further supporting the valuation recovery of non-semiconductor sectors. KB Securities researcher Kim Min-kyu stated that the current "semiconductor pause, other sectors rising" pattern is closer to previously overlooked industries being revalued while the leading sector takes a breather, rather than a simple broad-based expansion of the market rally. (FNNews)
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South Korea's KB Financial will establish a 150 billion won unicorn fund, focusing on investing in strategic industries such as AI and semiconductors.
According to Korean media NATE, South Korea's KB Financial Group announced the establishment of the "KB Kookmin Growth Unicorn Scale-up Fund" with a scale of 150 billion won, focusing on investing in unicorn enterprises in industrial fields such as AI, semiconductors, and robotics. It is reported that the fund will be fully funded by subsidiaries under KB Financial and managed by the KB Securities PE Growth Investment Department. Meanwhile, KB Financial also plans to increase financial support for Physical AI, AI data centers, power infrastructure, and semiconductor enterprises.
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Korean Brokerages Diverge on SK Hynix Outlook: Core Disagreement Centers on Whether AI Storage Demand Can Drive Long-Term Growth
According to Korean media Etoday, Korean securities firms have shown significant divergence in their assessments of SK Hynix's prospects, with the core divergence centering on whether AI storage demand can drive long-term growth. KB Securities maintains a "Buy" rating for SK Hynix. Based on the case of TSMC's ADR issuance in the US in 1997, it judges that SK Hynix's ADR listing will boost global investor participation and is expected to drive a synchronized revaluation of ADRs and Korean domestic shares. KB Securities also expects that in 2027, global DRAM and NAND wafer capacity growth rates will be only 7% and 4% respectively, lower than demand growth rates of 17% and 19%, and the tight memory supply situation may intensify further compared to 2026. BNK Investment & Securities, however, believes that the logic of hyperscale cloud service providers continuously increasing AI infrastructure investment is weakening, and the ADR listing will not significantly alter SK Hynix's domestic share valuation.
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