Overview

• The benchmark KOSPI fell 37.9 points, or 1.17 percent, to 3,187.76 by 11:20 a.m. local time
• Samsung Electronics shares declined 1.68 percent and SK hynix dropped 2.89 percent amid semiconductor sector weakness
• LG Energy Solution and Hanwha Aerospace slid 2.28 percent and 1.36 percent respectively as major tech‐linked firms weighed on the market
• Heavy foreign selling was prompted by investor jitters over potential new U.S. tariffs on chip exports
• The Korean won weakened by about 3.2 won to trade near 1,385 per dollar by midmorning