Asia-Pacific semiconductor stocks collectively plummeted: Samsung Electronics down over 6%, SK Hynix down nearly 10%

Odaily Planet Daily News According to 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 fell over 5.5%.

Specifically, by the close, the ChiNext Index fell over 3%, the Tech Innovation Composite Index and the Shenzhen Component Index fell over 2%, and the Shanghai Composite Index fell about 0.7%. The total trading volume of Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets was 3.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 311.5 billion yuan from the previous trading day. Over 3,200 individual stocks rose across the market. The robotics concept surged against the trend, with Zhongda Leader hitting its daily limit for the second time in four days, while Leaderdrive, Keli Motor, and Guangyang shares also hit their daily limits. Semiconductor industry chain sectors such as memory chips and CPO led the declines, with V&T Technologies falling nearly 13%, Biwin Storage and Longsys Electronics falling over 8%, and the trillion-dollar giant Zhongji Innolight falling nearly 8%.

In the Hong Kong stock market, the semiconductor sector collectively slumped, causing the Hang Seng TECH Index to widen its decline to 2% in the afternoon. As of press time, Ubtech Holdings 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 its downturn, with MINIMAX-W falling over 15%, Xunce falling 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 falling over 6%, and Advantest falling nearly 5%.