Samsung Electronics Shares Slide as KOSPI Suffers Broad Semiconductor Selloff
Samsung Electronics stock plunged 7.0% to ₩249,750 amid a sector-wide rout in semiconductors that pushed South Korea's KOSPI down over 6%. The Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar and halted program trading as investors fled technology exposure following steep U.S. memory chip losses and heightened U.S.-Iran tensions that lifted crude oil a…