A monetary information display screen at Shinhan Financial institution in Seoul, Tuesday / Yonhap
Korea’s inventory market capitalization has jumped almost 80 % in only one 12 months, fueled by sturdy positive factors in Samsung Electronics and SK hynix amid booming demand for synthetic intelligence (AI) chips, business information confirmed Wednesday.
The whole worth of native listed shares got here to three,972 trillion gained ($2.69 trillion) as of early January, up 76.2 % from 2,254 trillion gained a 12 months earlier, in accordance with the information compiled by the Korea CXO Institute.
The variety of listed firms with a market capitalization of 1 trillion gained or extra elevated from 230 to 318 over the one-year interval.
Samsung Electronics’ market cap greater than doubled to 760 trillion gained from 318 trillion gained, whereas SK hynix noticed its market worth surge to 492 trillion gained from 124 trillion gained.
Samsung Electronics retained its high place by market capitalization, adopted by SK hynix, LG Power Answer, Samsung Biologics and Hyundai Motor.
SK Sq. jumped to seventh place from forty first over the 12 months, whereas Hanwha Aerospace superior to eighth from twenty second, and Doosan Enerbility rose to ninth from thirty fifth.
The benchmark Korea Composite Inventory Worth Index (KOSPI) rose 75.7 % in 2025 alone, climbing from 2,398.94 on the primary buying and selling day of the 12 months to 4,214.17 on the final day of buying and selling.
This marked the index’s strongest annual acquire since 1999, when it jumped 83 % earlier than the dot-com bubble burst in 2000.
