[Special Stock] SK Hynix Faces Double Trouble from US Tariff Warning and Foreign Short Selling

SK Hynix is showing weakness in early trading. This is interpreted as a burden on the stock price following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that semiconductor tariffs are imminent.

At 9:30 a.m. on the 4th, SK Hynix was trading at 185,100 KRW, down 4.88% (9,500 KRW) from the previous day.

It is understood that President Trump's overnight warning that tariffs will soon be imposed on semiconductors, along with the sharp decline in semiconductor-related stocks on the U.S. stock market, influenced this movement.

Pressure from foreign short-selling volumes is also a burden on the stock price. According to the Korea Exchange, SK Hynix's short-selling transaction amount was 183.4 billion KRW the previous day, ranking first among KOSPI stocks. As of the close of trading on this day, the short-selling transaction amount was 1.2462 trillion KRW (about 7.61% of total transaction volume), an increase of approximately 127 billion KRW compared to the previous trading day. The foreign investor ratio approaches 90%.