
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hae-in Hong = In the afternoon of the 18th in the dealing room of Hana Bank’s headquarters in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, an employee is posting news on the legal restraint of Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on a computer monitor.
On this day, KOSPI closed the transaction at 3,013.93, which was 71.97 points (2.33%) lower than the previous trading day. On the afternoon of that afternoon, the news of Samsung Electronics’ vice chairman Lee Jae-yong’s legal imprisonment led to a sharp decline in Samsung Group shares. 2021.1.18 [email protected]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Securities Team = As Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is legally arrested at the ruling court for the destruction of the Kukjeong Nongdan, attention is also focused on the direction of Samsung Electronics’ stock price.
According to the stock market on the 19th, the observation that the arrest of Vice Chairman Lee and the sentence of imprisonment may affect the stock price in the short term, but it is not an issue that will shake the long-term stock price trend.
Recently, the share price of Samsung Electronics has risen sharply in anticipation of improving the semiconductor industry.
Yoo-jun Choi, a researcher at Shinhan Investment Corp. said, “Even after the sentence of Vice Chairman Lee’s first trial, the impact on the stock price was only short-lived.” He explained.
He diagnosed, “Because the current share price level is higher than in the past, there is a possibility that the volatility will be greater, but the influence will gradually decrease.”
A researcher at a securities firm who requested anonymity also said, “It makes no sense that this vice chairman makes a lot of investments and cannot invest because it is not there.” said.
However, he added, “In terms of momentum, the share price of Samsung Electronics could be affected in the short term, like yesterday.”
The day before, the news that Vice-Chairman Lee was arrested and sentenced to imprisonment was reported, and the share price of Samsung Electronics fell 3.41% to 85,000 won.
However, within a day, Samsung Electronics is making up for the fall. As of 11:40 am that day, Samsung Electronics is trading at 87,000 won, a 2.47% increase from the previous trading day.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hae-in Hong = In the afternoon of the 18th, an employee in the dealing room of Hana Bank’s headquarters in Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, confirms the decline of KOSPI graph and Samsung-related stocks.
On this day, KOSPI closed the transaction at 3,013.93, which was 71.97 points (2.33%) lower than the previous trading day. On the afternoon of that afternoon, the news of Samsung Electronics’ vice chairman Lee Jae-yong’s legal imprisonment led to a sharp decline in Samsung Group shares. 2021.1.18 [email protected]
Another researcher at a securities firm who requested anonymity said, “In the past, except for a day’s fluctuations, (Vice Chairman Lee’s ruling) had no significant impact on the stock price.” “There is this.”
Earlier, during the period of vice chairman Lee’s arrest, Samsung Electronics’ stock price, coupled with the’semiconductor supercycle’, exceeded the KOSPI increase rate.
The stock price of Samsung Electronics, which ended at 1893,000 won (before the face-off division) on February 17, 2017, when Vice Chairman Lee was first arrested, reached 2396,000 won on February 5, 2018, when he was released on a probation sentence.
During this period, the stock price rose 26.5%, exceeding the KOSPI increase rate (19.8%).
Kyobo Securities Research Center Director Kim Hyeong-ryul said, “When the first trial ruling in 2017 was a period of upturn in the semiconductor economy, and the corresponding results were accompanied,” he said. “I think the stock price reacted normally accordingly.”
In addition, he added, “Even though the semiconductor economy is still expected to recover, if investors respond to the ruling differently, it is necessary to accept the face value.”
The previous day, the first criminal division of the Seoul High Court (Judge Jung Joon-young, Song Young-seung, Deputy Judge Kang Sang-wook) sentenced Vice-Chairman Lee, who was charged with bribery and other charges, to two years and six months in prison, and arrested the court.
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