South Korea’s Semiconductor Stocks Rebound as Investment Plan Scales Down

South Korea’s semiconductor sector recovered in afternoon trading after earlier declines, as investor concerns eased over the scale of a previously discussed investment plan. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, Hyperinsight monitoring indicated that the market’s feared 2,000 trillion won investment plan ultimately materialized as a semiconductor project of about 800 trillion won, reducing perceived capital expenditure pressure and softening risk-off sentiment. On Hyperliquid, SK Hynix’s 1H contract rose as much as 4.5% at one point, last quoted at $1,730, while Samsung Electronics rebounded 2% to $214. On-chain data showed that large holders’ long positions in the two assets had average entry prices of $1,608 and $217.3, respectively. Samsung Electronics was trading below the long whales’ average price level.