On the morning of the 19th, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are declining on the domestic stock market. Semiconductor equipment and parts stocks are also mostly weak, though some names are rising, producing mixed fortunes across individual stocks.

The large caps are shaking first. As of the morning, SK Hynix is trading at 1,217,000 won, down 55,000 won (4.32%) from the previous session. The stock opened at 1,215,000 won, fell to as low as 1,182,000 won intraday, and then pared some of its losses. Samsung Electronics is down 3,000 won (1.39%) at 212,500 won. After hitting an intraday low of 202,000 won, it has been trading above that level.

Equipment and parts stocks are falling harder. KCTech is down 8,300 won (7.85%) at 97,400 won; Iotechtronics (EOTechnics) is down 27,500 won (6.14%) at 420,500 won; and Unittest is down 690 won (5.91%) at 10,980 won. Techwing fell 5.72% to 40,400 won, and PSK Holdings dropped 5.58% to 187,900 won. Yest and FEMtron (Pemtron) also fell 5.26% and 5.05%, respectively. Hanmi Semiconductor is trading down 9,000 won (4.29%) at 201,000 won, and as of 9:40 a.m. on this day, Parad is down 6,200 won (10.84%) from the previous session at 51,000 won.

In contrast, IMT is up 170 won (2.24%) at 7,770 won and Nextin is up 250 won (0.80%) at 31,350 won, showing divergence among individual stocks.

This weakness in domestic semiconductor stocks comes after U.S. tech shares fell on the last trading day of last week. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.15% at the time, with CoreWeave plunging 11.91%. Micron (-5.63%), Broadcom (-4.52%), and AMD (-5.95%) also closed lower together.

[This article is not intended as investment advice. Intraday stock prices and change rates may fluctuate, and investment decisions and their consequences are the responsibility of the investor. AI provided partial assistance.]