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Samsung Electronics shares hit record high
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 16, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Samsung Electronics shares hit a record high due to investor optimism in the semiconductor market, rising 2% and marking an 80% increase this year.
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)
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company, known for its semiconductor products, consumer electronics, and telecommunications equipment.
The stock market is a collection of markets where shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold, allowing investors to trade ownership in businesses.
Market capitalization is the total market value of a company's outstanding shares, calculated by multiplying the share price by the total number of shares.
Investor optimism refers to a positive outlook among investors regarding the future performance of the market or specific stocks, often leading to increased buying activity.
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