Asia-Pacific stock markets semiconductor sector suffers heavy losses: Samsung Electronics drops over 6%, SK Hynix falls nearly 10%

According to Odaily, based on MSX.COM data, most major Asia-Pacific stock indices fell today. A-shares and Hong Kong stocks fluctuated throughout the day, the Nikkei 225 index fell nearly 900 points intraday, and the Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped over 5.5%.

Specifically, by the close, the ChiNext Index fell over 3%, the Sci-Tech Innovation Composite Index and Shenzhen Component Index dropped over 2%, and the Shanghai Composite Index fell about 0.7%. The trading volume of Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets reached 3.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 311.5 billion yuan from the previous trading day. More than 3,200 stocks across the market rose. The robotics concept surged against the trend, with Zhongda Lide hitting its 2nd limit-up in 4 days, while Leaderdrive, Keli Motor, and Guangyang shares hit their daily limits. Segments within the semiconductor supply chain, such as memory chips and CPO, led the declines, with Vitrocell dropping nearly 13%, Biwin Storage and Longsys falling over 8%, and the trillion-yuan giant Zhongji Innolight declining nearly 8%.

On the Hong Kong stock front, the semiconductor sector collectively plummeted, causing the Hang Seng Tech Index to widen its afternoon decline to 2%. As of press time, Ubotech Holdings fell nearly 15%, Montage Technology and Gigadevice dropped over 9%, Hua Hong Semiconductor fell over 7%, and SMIC declined over 6%. The AI application sector continued to fall, with MINIMAX-W dropping over 15%, Xunce declining over 10%, and Zhipu falling over 9%.

In the Japanese and South Korean stock markets, semiconductor stocks broadly declined, with SK Hynix falling nearly 10%, Samsung Electronics and Tokyo Electron dropping over 6%, and Advantest falling nearly 5%.