[Featured Stock] Samsung Electronics Hits Highest Level in Over a Year Amid US Semiconductor Boom

Samsung Electronics' stock price has risen for consecutive days, reaching its highest level of the year. This is the highest price in over a year since May last year. The sharp rise in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index in the U.S. is interpreted as having improved favorable supply and demand conditions and investor sentiment for domestic semiconductor stocks.

As of 9:36 a.m. on the 19th, Samsung Electronics is trading at 67,900 KRW, up 2.57% from the previous day. This is the highest closing price since May 23 of last year (67,900 KRW).

Overnight in the U.S. stock market, semiconductor companies' stock prices rose across the board. On the 18th (local time) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nvidia and Intel rose 4.97% and 2.81%, respectively. Micron and AMD also showed gains in the 4% range. Accordingly, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 3.16%.

Kim Dong-won, a researcher at KB Securities, explained, "From the second half of the year, the semiconductor sector is expected to see clear improvements in supply and demand due to inventory reduction, slowing price declines, and supply cuts from production reductions." He added, "The supply reduction effect from Samsung Electronics' production cut of over 20% alone is expected to bring the global DRAM and NAND supply and demand close to balance in the second half."

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