The Korean stock market surges again, with a nearly 50% increase by 2026, making it the ninth largest stock market in the world.

February 26th, South Korea’s stock market continued to surge.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index closed up 3.67%, at 6,307.27 points, hitting a record high of 6,313.27 points during the trading session.

This year, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index has already risen by 49.69%, and since 2025, the increase has exceeded 160%.

On the market, storage chip giant Samsung Electronics surged over 7%, and SK Hynix rose nearly 8%. Since the beginning of 2025, SK Hynix’s stock price has increased sixfold, and Samsung Electronics’ stock price has nearly quadrupled.

Notably, the Korea Semiconductor ETF (513310) in the A-share market rose over 9%, gaining for three consecutive days, with a premium rate of 20.36%, and a trading volume of 7.123 billion yuan, which is a 103.45% increase compared to yesterday at this time. The volume has increased by 139 million units since January, and this fund supports T+0 trading.

According to reports, SK Hynix and SanDisk are jointly promoting the global standardization of High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), aiming to fill the gap between HBM and SSD. HBF achieves high bandwidth and large capacity by stacking NAND, optimized for AI inference. The two companies have established a working group under the OCP framework, planning to commercialize by 2027. Its market size is expected to surpass HBM in the long term, becoming a key support for AI storage architecture.

Additionally, according to Bloomberg data, the market capitalization of South Korea’s stock market rose to $3.76 trillion on Tuesday, an increase of about $2.23 trillion since early 2025. This figure surpasses France’s $3.69 trillion, making South Korea the ninth-largest stock market in the world.

Furthermore, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 170.27 points, a 0.29% increase, at 58,753.39 points, reaching a record high.

(Source: Daily Economic News)