South Korea’s KOSPI Extends Intraday Gain to 3.3%, Led by SK Hynix and Samsung

The index move is broad while the two chip names that drive it lag, which suggests the rally is not purely a memory-chip story — index-level flows or other sectors are doing more work than the headline leaders. For crypto and RWA readers, Korea's equity risk appetite is a useful sentiment gauge, since local retail rotates between equities and digital assets. Whether the gains hold into the close, and whether the chipmakers catch up, is the open question.