The Korea Composite Stock Price Index once rose 1.6% to a record high; for the fourth consecutive trading day, chip stocks continued their gains, boosted by profit expectations. The index has risen 9% so far this year and reached the 4,600 mark for the first time. South Korea's Kospi is less than 9% away, while 5,000 points is South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's goal during his election campaign. Samsung Electronics rose more than 3%, and SK Hynix rose more than 4%, contributing the most to the increase in the index. Nvidia CEO Hwang In-hoon mentioned the demand for memory and storage in his speech at the CES technical conference, which boosted US memory stocks. Samsung Electronics is scheduled to announce preliminary results on Thursday. The KOSDAQ small cap index fell 0.1%.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index once rose 1.6% to a record high; for the fourth consecutive trading day, chip stocks continued their gains, boosted by profit expectations. The index has risen 9% so far this year and reached the 4,600 mark for the first time. South Korea's Kospi is less than 9% away, while 5,000 points is South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's goal during his election campaign. Samsung Electronics rose more than 3%, and SK Hynix rose more than 4%, contributing the most to the increase in the index. Nvidia CEO Hwang In-hoon mentioned the demand for memory and storage in his speech at the CES technical conference, which boosted US memory stocks. Samsung Electronics is scheduled to announce preliminary results on Thursday. The KOSDAQ small cap index fell 0.1%.