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Samsung Electronics shares hit record high
Samsung Electronics shares hit record high
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 16, 2025
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 16, 2025
SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares of South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose as much as 2% on Thursday to an all-time high on investor optimism surrounding the semiconductor industry.
Shares of the world's leading memory chip maker were up 0.95% at 95,900 won ($67.52) per share as of 0022 GMT, after hitting a record 96,900 won earlier in the session, surpassing the previous record of 96,800 won on January 11, 2021.
Samsung Electronics shares have risen 80% so far this year.
($1 = 1,420.2400 won)
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Kim Coghill)