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Financial Times
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CNBC
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South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro, ASML, and others fall ~7%, and US tech and chip stocks drop
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Wall Street Journal
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SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD
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Financial Times
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South Korea's Kospi stock index breaks through the record 5,000 level, driven by chip stocks, led by Samsung, up ~3x, and SK Hynix, up ~4x, in the past year
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Bloomberg
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