dailypro2020

I've been tracking this rally in real-time, and here's what I noticed. may 21, 2026 will go into the record books as the day the KOSPI exploded. The index shot up 606.64 points, 8.42% in a single session, blowing past the previous record of 490.36 points set on March 5. By the time the closing bell rang at 3:30 PM, the KOSPI stood at 7,815.59. Samsung Electronics touched an all-time closing high of 299,500 won, up 8.51%. SK Hynix was even more aggressive, jumping 11.17% to 1,940,000 won. The two semiconductor giants are now up over 100% since end-2024. The catalysts lined up like dominos. Samsung's labor union, which had threatened a historic strike since January, finally reached a deal with management. Nvidia dropped earnings that beat every estimate on the Street. And hopes of de-escalation between the US and Iran gave geopolitical risk a haircut. The combination was enough to trigger a buy-side sidecar at 9:20 AM, the circuit breaker that halts program trading when ...