Samsung Electronics, SK hynix decline amid U.S. headwinds
2026.03.19 11:03
Shares of Samsung Electronics were trading at 203,000 won ($135.4) as of 9:14 a.m. on Thursday, down 2.64 percent from the previous session. Earlier, the stock briefly dropped to 199,600 won, losing the 200,000 won mark.
Shares of SK hynix Inc. also fell 3.13 percent to 1.02 million won. During intraday trading, the stock fell as low as 1 million won.
On Wednesday, Samsung Electronics surged 7.53 percent and SK hynix 8.87 percent.
Overnight, the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. Meanwhile, news of an attack on energy facilities in the Middle East led to a sharp rise in international oil prices, and the three major U.S. stock indices each dropped more than 1 percent, which fueled selling pressure.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell stated that the possibility of an interest rate hike cannot be ruled out depending on inflation, which further dampened investor sentiment.
In the New York stock market, shares of Nvidia Corp. fell 0.84 percent and those of ASML Holding N.V. slid 2.45 percent, leading the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index to drop 0.53 percent.
Hanjin KAL shares were trading at 133,100 won as of 9:03 a.m., up 9.01 percent from the previous session.
On Wednesday, Hanjin KAL disclosed in its business report that Hoban Engineering secured an 18.78 percent stake as of the end of last year, maintaining its position as the second-largest shareholder.
This represents a 0.32 percentage point increase compared to 18.46 percent from the previous disclosure in May 2025. It is also up 0.88 percentage point from 17.9 percent at the end of 2024.
The gap in the shareholding ratio between Hanjin KAL’s largest shareholder, Chairman Cho Won-tae of Hanjin Group and Hoban Engineering narrowed from 2.23 percentage points at the end of 2024 to 1.78 percentage points as of the end of 2025.
When including the 14.9 percent stake of Delta Airlines and the 10.58 percent stake of the Korea Development Bank, which are considered friendly shares for Chairman Cho, the total stake amounts to 46.04 percent, maintaining a 27.26 percentage point gap with Hoban engineering.
Shares of Samsung Electronics finished at 200,500 won and SK hynix at 1,013,000 won. Hanjin KAL ended at 128,000 won.
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