TradingKey – During the Asian trading session on May 27, SK Hynix shares surged more than 10% intraday, with its market capitalization historically surpassing $1 trillion, making it the second Asian semiconductor manufacturer to reach this milestone after Samsung Electronics and the third memory chip company globally to exceed a $1 trillion valuation.

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[SK Hynix once rose over 10%, Source: Google Finance]

Earlier, South Korea’s KOSPI index surged nearly 5% at one point, and KOSPI 200 futures rose 5%, triggering a circuit breaker that suspended program trading for five minutes.

Over the past year, SK Hynix’s stock price has surged over 900% cumulatively, with a total gain of 274% in 2025 and a further increase of more than 200% so far in…