Employees work at the Hana Bank dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 24th. Lee Jun-heon

Samsung Electronics shares jumped more than 3% on the 24th, breaking through the 200,000-won level for the first time. Earlier, SK hynix also surged more than 5%, with its share price crossing ‘1,000,000 won’ for the first time on record.

As of 1:06 p.m. that day on the main board, Samsung Electronics was trading at 200,000 won, up 7,000 won (3.63%) from the previous session, setting a new all-time high. The stock topped 100,000 won in late October last year, and in less than half a year it has reached the 200,000-won milestone.

SK hynix was trading at 1,001,000 won, up 50,000 won (5.26%) on the day, rising above the 1,000,000-won mark. Its market capitalization also exceeded 700 trillion won for the first time.

With Samsung Electronics and SK hynix both strong, the KOSPI, which had fallen below the 5,800 level early in the session, rebounded more than 2% to move above 5,960. The KOSPI is trading at 5,965.56, up 119.47 points (2.04%) from the previous session.