Seoul stocks trade sharply lower Fri. morning on profit-taking

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SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply lower late Friday morning as investors offloaded major chip shares to take profits following overnight losses in U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor stocks.

After opening 2.36 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 135.29 points, or 2.44 percent, to 5,398.48 as of 11:20 a.m.

Overnight, U.S. stocks closed mixed, with losses in major technology shares weighing on the broader market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.02 percent, while the S&P 500 fell 1.21 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 2.6 percent.

Micron Technology plunged 6.26 percent, while Nvidia and Intel tumbled 4.4 percent and 8.04 percent, respectively.

In Seoul, large-cap shares traded lower.

Semiconductor heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK hynix shed 3.03 percent and 0.25 percent, respectively. SK hynix pared its earlier losses following news that it had decided to suspend plans to list its U.S. subsidiary, Solidigm.

AI investment firm SK Square edged down 0.4 percent following the news.

Solidigm sits within a multilayered corporate structure, with SK Square as the parent of SK hynix, which owns Solidigm. The structure has raised concerns that a separate listing could exacerbate the so-called holding company discount, in which a parent company's stock trades below the value of its underlying assets.

The Korean won was trading at 1,324 won against the U.S. dollar as of 11:20 a.m., up 2.5 won from the previous stock trading session.

Financial data is shown on a screen inside the dealing room of Hana Bank in central Seoul on Oct. 23, 2026. (Yonhap)

Seoul stocks trade sharply lower Fri. morning on profit-taking

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首尔，10月23日（韩联社）——由于隔夜美国人工智能（AI）和半导体股票下跌，投资者抛售主要芯片股以获利了结，韩国股市周五上午晚些时候大幅下跌。

韩国综合股价指数（KOSPI）开盘下跌2.36%后，截至上午11:20下跌135.29点，跌幅2.44%，至5398.48点。

隔夜，美国股市收盘涨跌互现，主要科技股的下跌拖累了整体市场。

道琼斯工业平均指数上涨0.02%，而标准普尔500指数下跌1.21%，以科技股为主的纳斯达克综合指数下跌2.6%。

美光科技股价暴跌 6.26%，英伟达和英特尔股价分别下跌 4.4% 和 8.04%。

在首尔，大型股交易走低。

半导体巨头三星电子和SK海力士股价分别下跌3.03%和0.25%。此前有消息称SK海力士决定暂停其美国子公司Solidigm的上市计划，受此消息影响，该公司股价早盘跌幅收窄。

消息公布后，人工智能投资公司SK Square股价小幅下跌0.4%。

Solidigm 隶属于一个多层级的公司架构，SK Square 是 SK 海力士的母公司，而 SK 海力士又拥有 Solidigm。这种架构引发了人们的担忧，即如果 Solidigm 单独上市，可能会加剧所谓的控股公司折价，也就是母公司股票的交易价格低于其基础资产的价值。

截至上午 11 点 20 分，韩元兑美元汇率为 1324 韩元，比前一交易日上涨 2.5 韩元。

2026年10月23日，首尔市中心韩亚银行交易室内的屏幕上显示着金融数据。（韩联社）

周五早盘，首尔股市因获利回吐而大幅下跌。