South Korea Stock Market Rallies as AI Chip Demand Lifts Samsung and SK Hynix

South Korea’s stock market gained as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares rose 4.6% and 5.9%, respectively, boosting the KOSPI index. The rally comes ahead of meetings between the companies’ leaders and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the U.S. this week. Strong AI demand continues to push HBM4 memory chip prices higher, while analysts expect …