Asia-Pacific stock markets saw semiconductor stocks collectively plummet: Samsung Electronics fell over 6%, SK Hynix dropped nearly 10%

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

Specifically, by the close, the ChiNext Index fell over 3%, the STAR Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index fell over 2%, and the Shanghai Composite Index fell about 0.7%. The trading volume on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges reached 3.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 311.5 billion yuan from the previous trading day. Over 3,200 stocks across the market rose. The robotics concept surged against the trend, with Zhongda Leader hitting the daily limit for the second time in four days, while Leader Harmonious Drive Systems, Keli Motor, and Guangyang Gap rose by the daily limit. Semiconductor industry chain sectors such as memory chips and CPO led the declines, with VITRO falling nearly 13%, BIWIN Storage and Longsys Electronics falling over 8%, and the trillion-yuan giant Zhongji Innolight falling nearly 8%.

In Hong Kong stocks, semiconductors collectively plunged, dragging the Hang Seng TECH Index to expand its afternoon decline to 2%. As of press time, Uboholdings fell nearly 15%, Montage Technology and GigaDevice fell over 9%, Hua Hong Semiconductor fell over 7%, and SMIC fell over 6%. The AI application sector continued to decline, with MINIMAX-W falling over 15%, Xunchi falling over 10%, and Zhipu falling over 9%.

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