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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed down -0.79%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.88%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) fell -0.79%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
A global memory component crisis has pushed second-quarter smartphone shipments to their lowest level since 2013, according to a report from Counterpoint.
<body><p>STORY: Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in the second quarter to their lowest level for the period since 2013.</p><p>That's according to early estimates from Counterpoint Research, which said a memory chip shortage has driven up smartphone prices and dampened demand.</p><p>Memory chip prices have soared as suppliers prioritize AI data center customers over consumer electronics, forcing smartphone makers to pass along higher costs through price hikes, particularly for entry- and mid-range devices.</p><p>Among the world's top five smartphone companies, mid-tier firms Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo posted the steepest declines.</p><p>Apple and Samsung, however, bucked the downward trend.</p><p>:: Samsung</p><p>Samsung reclaimed the top spot with a 24% share of the smartphone market, while Apple took its global market share to a record 20% in the quarter.</p><p>And while the memory chip shortage has hurt many smartphone makers, it has helped the chip's suppliers.</p><p>South Korea's SK Hynix, one of the largest memory chip makers, debuted on the Nasdaq last Friday after its shares in South Korea rose more than sevenfold over the past 12 months.</p><p>:: Micron</p><p>Meanwhile, shares of its American rival Micron Technology soared nearly 650% over the past year.</p><p>That's made many investors bullish on both stocks, says Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"The reality is the demand for memory is so large and so bottlenecked that both companies are in tremendous positions, have tremendous margins, tremendous pricing power. And while there are slight differences, you could really take or pick either and probably be very satisfied over the coming year or two as an investor."</p><p>But the investor euphoria cooled on Monday as shares of Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron all tumbled amid a broader market selloff.</p></body>
SK Hynix the South Korean memory-chip maker, began trading on the on Friday after raising $26.5 billion in the largest ever share sale completed by a foreign company in the U.S. Shares opened 14% above their offering price as American investors rushed to purchase stakes in a firm at the heart of the global AI memory supercycle. SK Hynix has fallen nearly 10% on its second-ever trading day, for no apparent reason. American portfolios are now directly hardwired into one of the most volatile, leverage-soaked corners of the global financial system: the Korean stock market.
ADR profit-taking, earnings concerns and foreign selling trigger a sharp Korean chip stock selloff.
The Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X Shares ETF (KORU) was set to record its worst day so far this month.
Kospi trades at just 6.4x forward earnings despite 17 straight months of earnings upgrades.
Market share grows despite global shipment decline in Q2
Shares of South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix tumbled in their first full day of U.S. trading, paring much of the stock’s gains from its first partial day on Friday.
The market is expecting bigger earnings beats from memory manufacturers, but it isn't rewarding them with a justified valuation representing their exponential growth.
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sits down with Visible Alpha Head of TMT Research Melissa Otto to discuss how investors should navigate the technology sector following its recent market sell-off.
Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi sits down with Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre to break down the recent KOSPI pullback, what's driving the decline, and what it could mean for global markets and investors.
The historically cyclical memory chip market is in the middle of a sustained global sales boom. Will there ever be a bust?
A single brokerage note out of Seoul just triggered the biggest single-day drop in SK Hynix history, and the shockwaves are now tearing through U.S. memory stocks that were up as much as 700% this year.
The lawsuit adds fresh pressure to the companies' AI partnership and hardware ambitions.
Global smartphone shipments fell 11% in the second quarter to their lowest level for the period since 2013, as a prolonged memory chip shortage drove up handset prices and dampened demand, according to early estimates from Counterpoint Research. Apple bucked the trend with a 3% rise in shipments, taking its global market share to a record 20% in the quarter on resilient demand for its premium iPhone lineup and keeping prices unchanged. However, analysts expect price increases in the coming months.
Western Digital Declines in Broad Semiconductor RetreatWestern Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) shares fell 5. 4% in premarket trading on Monday to $551, as a sharp selloff across global memory and storage stocks weighed on sentiment despite a broadly positive performance in the wider U.
Earlier launch supports South Korea's semiconductor ambitions
Micron stock was following SK Hynix dowards as investors looked to be nervy about the prospects for continued gains for memory companies.
The Seoul selloff wiped SK Hynix's market cap below $875 billion and sent South Korea's Kospi index down 9%
Technology stocks came under heavy pressure on Monday after SK Hynix suffered its biggest one-day share price decline on record, triggering a broad selloff across the global semiconductor sector as investors reassessed valuations and growing geopolitical risks. The retreat began in Asia before spreading to Europe and U.
<body><p>STORY: SK Hynix shares fell more than 15% in trading on Monday - just days after its U.S. listing.</p><p>It was the South Korean chip giant's biggest one-day decline on record.</p><p>Investors in Seoul cashed out of a massive share price rally following its Nasdaq debut last week.</p><p>The fall in SK Hynix and rival Samsung Electronics stock led to a 9% plunge in South Korea's Kospi and triggered a 20-minute trading halt.</p><p>That was despite President Lee Jae Myung announcing government support for three major projects in chips, AI data centers and physical AI.</p><p>SK Hynix is the world's leading AI memory chipmaker.</p><p>It raised over $26 billion last week selling American Depositary Receipts priced at $149 each.</p><p>Its Korean shares have more than tripled this year.</p><p>It has become a target of global investors betting on a sustained boost to profits.</p><p>They think a shortage of high-bandwidth memory chips used in AI data centers could boost its numbers.</p><p>One leading analyst said investors were profit-taking following the U.S. listing.</p><p>And further said sentiment grew cautious over SK Hynix's second-quarter earnings.</p><p>They said investors had expected shipments of the firm's HBM4 chips to rise from the second quarter.</p><p>But the increase didn't appear to have happened at scale.</p></body>
↘️ SK Hynix (KR:000660, SKHY): The chipmaker’s Korean shares sank more than 15%, its biggest one-day drop on record, as investors cashed out after its ADRs’ Nasdaq debut on Friday sparked a price rally.
Investing.com -- Global chip stocks fell sharply Monday, led by a record one-day plunge in SK Hynix shares, as investors weighed a fresh escalation in Middle East tensions alongside mounting concerns over valuations in AI-related shares.
The nosedive helped send South Korea's Kospi almost 9% lower, which triggered a 20-minute halt in trading. Rival Samsung Electronics's stock also slumped. The decline marked an abrupt reversal in investor appetite after SK Hynix's American depositary receipts soared 13% Friday on their first trading day on the Nasdaq.
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