韩国综合指数收涨0.5% 三星电子创纪录新高

Group 1 - The South Korean stock market rose on Friday, with the KOSPI index closing up 0.51% at 4,129.68 points, driven by strong foreign inflows and a rebound in semiconductor manufacturers, particularly Samsung Electronics, which reached an all-time high [1][3] - Foreign investors purchased a net 17,785.87 billion KRW in the KOSPI, indicating strong demand for semiconductor stocks due to rising advanced chip prices and optimistic expectations for Samsung's upcoming earnings report [1][3] - The South Korean won appreciated against the US dollar, closing at 1,440.3 KRW, a 0.37% increase from the previous day's closing price of 1,445.7 KRW, with an intraday high of 1,429.5 KRW, the strongest level since November 3 [1][3] Group 2 - The National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has resumed strategic foreign exchange hedging operations to stabilize the won, extending its currency swap agreement and temporary strategic hedging mechanism for another year [2][4] - The NPS provides KRW to the Bank of Korea in exchange for USD, alleviating demand pressure in the foreign exchange market, and has become a net seller of USD, which supports the won [2][4] - Following warnings from policymakers about the recent weakness of the won, the currency rebounded, with the onshore market seeing a 1.2% increase to 1,429.85 KRW, and a 2.3% rise earlier in the week [2][4]