SK Hynix is engaged in a fierce battle over supply and demand on the 2nd, with individuals and institutions stepping in to buy despite massive selling pressure from foreigners early in the trading session. As the domestic stock market, which has recently sustained a rally to record all-time highs, takes a breather, the trading battle surrounding the leading semiconductor stock is heating up even further.

On this day, the domestic stock market exhibited an overall weak trend. The KOSPI fell by 18.54 points (0.21%) compared to the previous trading day to 8769.84, and the KOSDAQ is also undergoing a correction, dropping by 1.99%. With overall market investment sentiment shrinking, foreigners have recorded a selling advantage of over 1 trillion won in the securities market, increasing the downward pressure on the index.

Looking at the detailed supply and demand trends, foreigners launched a net sell-off of over 1.8 trillion won in the KOSPI market, while individuals are counteracting this with a net purchase of over 1.6 trillion won. Institutions are also engaging in net purchases of over 200 billion won, adding strength to the market defense. In particular, for large-cap semiconductor stocks, including SK Hynix, a pincer movement is unfolding where individuals and institutions are absorbing the shares amidst concentrated selling by foreigners. This is analyzed as profit-taking sell orders emerging simultaneously, given that the semiconductor sector recently led the domestic stock market's rally.

The market is noting that while foreigners' spot selling is acting as a burden in the short term, steady low-price buying momentum from institutions and individuals continues to flow in. In particular, the forecast for expanding demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high bandwidth memory (HBM) is still being evaluated as SK Hynix's core growth driver. The securities industry is also presenting the analysis that although a correction following the recent surge is occurring, the mid- to long-term investment sentiment has not been significantly damaged, as expectations for the expansion of the AI semiconductor market and improvements in the memory business conditions remain valid.

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