Robot-related stocks in the domestic market are showing broad weakness during trading on the 23rd. A wave of profit-taking following recent sharp price gains, combined with shrinking investor sentiment, has triggered selling pressure across major robot stocks.

As of the morning session, the prices of major robot theme stocks are as follows:

• Hyulim Robot: 9,130 won (-4.70%) / Fell to as low as 9,060 won during the session
• Rainbow Robotics: 537,000 won (-6.28%)
• Doosan Robotics: 95,800 won (-4.58%)

Beyond these, weakness was pronounced across the broader sector. Hyundai Movex fell 6.49%, Eugene Robot dropped 5.57%, and Robotis declined 6.92%. Notably, Robostar plunged 9.42% to 89,400 won, while select stocks saw even steeper declines, including SBV Tech (-7.10%), Mirae Company (-7.75%), and P&S Robotics (-8.42%). With most major stocks flashing red, the overall robot theme index is also undergoing a correction.

Market observers believe robot stocks, which surged sharply in a short period driven by expectations for growth in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation industries, have now entered a consolidation phase. The weakness in U.S. tech stocks and a slowdown in growth-stock investment sentiment are also interpreted as contributing factors to the decline.

However, the industry projects that the expansion of industrial robots, logistics automation, and humanoid robot markets will serve as mid- to long-term growth drivers, making the technological competitiveness and new order wins of related companies key variables that will shape future stock price trends.

With short-term volatility expected to increase, investors are closely watching whether stock differentiation will emerge based on earnings performance and order momentum.

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