Huahong Grace Semiconductor surges over 10% to a record high; total market capitalization of A+H shares surpasses 360 billion yuan.
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Singapore's benchmark stock index rose as much as 1.3%, hitting a record high of 5,411.2 points.
According to ChainCatcher, Gate market data shows that the Singapore benchmark index rose as much as 1.3% to 5,411.2 points, hitting a record high.
A-share midday review: The three major indices rose collectively in the morning session, with the semiconductor sector rebounding quickly after an initial dip.
Mars Finance reported on July 8th that the three major A-share indices rose collectively in the morning session. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.52% to 4011.05 points, the Shenzhen Component Index rose 0.08% to 15237.45 points, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.95% to 3949.04 points; the Beijing 50 Index fell 0.71%. The combined turnover of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges was approximately 1.70248 trillion yuan, an increase of approximately 71.965 billion yuan compared to the previous trading day. By midday, 1886 stocks had risen and 3458 stocks had fallen, with 43 hitting their daily limit up and 11 hitting their daily limit down. In terms of sectors and themes, oil and gas exploration and services, precious metals, cloud computing, computer equipment, computing power leasing, tourism and hotels, semiconductors, and software development sectors led the gains; energy metals, batteries, motors, construction machinery, pork, photovoltaic equipment, and humanoid robot concept stocks led the declines. On the market, the semiconductor sector rebounded quickly after initially hitting a low, with Cansun Semiconductor hitting its 20% daily limit, and Huahong Grace Semiconductor and Shengke Communication reaching new historical highs. The computing power leasing sector performed strongly, with Wangsu Science & Technology and Sangfor Technologies both hitting their 20% daily limit, and Inspur Information opening at its daily limit after releasing its earnings forecast. DataPort and YunSai Intelligent also hit their daily limits. The precious metals sector rallied during the session, with Zhaojin Gold hitting its daily limit, and Xiaocheng Technology and Chifeng Gold following suit, after the People's Bank of China increased its gold holdings for 20 consecutive months. Oil and gas exploration, software development, tourism, and hotels also performed well. The new energy industry chain fell in the morning, with lithium mining and energy metals leading the decline. Rongjie Technology hit its daily limit, and Shengxin Lithium Energy, Tianqi Lithium, and Yongshan Lithium saw the largest declines. Humanoid robot concept stocks performed poorly, with Rifeng Precision Machinery and Estun hitting their daily limits during the session, and Greenland Harmonic falling by 10%. (Science and Technology Treasure Broadcast)
South Korean stocks plunge 20%, nearing a bear market; the AI boom faces the awkward situation of "the more disastrous the earnings, the steeper the decline."
According to BlockBeats, on Wednesday afternoon, July 8th, South Korean stocks extended their losses as investors reassessed the outlook for AI demand. The KOSPI index fell by more than 6% at one point, breaking below 7200 points, and has cumulatively fallen by more than 20% from its all-time high last month, poised to enter technical bear market territory. Memory chip maker SK Hynix fell by as much as 5%, and Samsung Electronics fell by 6.9%. The Korea Exchange initiated a temporary trading halt on the KOSPI index, suspending algorithmic trading. South Korean stocks were among the strongest performing markets globally this year, but their performance is highly dependent on SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, amplifying volatility when sector sentiment weakens. Even with Samsung Electronics announcing a 19-fold surge in quarterly profits earlier this week, chip stocks continued to be under pressure. Jordan Klein, a TMT sector expert at Mizuho Securities, stated that investors overreacted to Samsung's preliminary second-quarter results. He believes this sell-off in semiconductor stocks is more a sign of waning momentum than a deterioration in fundamentals. Klein stated that excluding one-off bonus expenses, Samsung's operating profit actually significantly exceeded expectations, with its storage business implied operating margin potentially exceeding 80%. He indicated that Samsung's single-quarter operating profit has already surpassed the total of the past three years, and reacting to Samsung's stock price based solely on preliminary results is "extremely short-sighted." Meanwhile, an AI trading rotation occurred in Asian markets. Hong Kong-listed Chinese stocks rose, with the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index rising as much as 3.4%, the Hang Seng Tech Index rising over 5% intraday, Alibaba rising over 8%, and Tencent rising over 3%. Market analysts believe that funds are flowing from crowded trades focused on AI infrastructure to markets with lower valuations and more value-oriented characteristics. Reuters' report on DeepSeek's self-developed chip and The Information's report on Zhipu AI considering designing its own AI chip further fueled this rotation. (Jinshi)
In pre-market trading on the US stock market, semiconductor, memory, and optical communication sectors continued their decline, with Micron and SanDisk both falling by more than 5%.
According to Mars Finance, on July 8th, based on BIT (bit.com) market data, semiconductor stocks generally fell in pre-market trading in the US. Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 4.46%, Arm (ARM) fell 3.51%, Intel (INTC) fell 3.47%, Lam Research (LRCX) fell 3.11%, and Applied Materials (AMAT) fell 2.85%. The memory sector saw the largest declines, with SanDisk (SNDK) falling 5.59%, Micron Technology (MU) falling 5.28%, Western Digital (WDC) falling 4.53%, and Seagate Technology (STX) falling 4.19%. Optical communication concept stocks also came under pressure, with Astera Labs (ALAB) down 4.57%, Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) down 4.47%, Credo (CRDO) down 4.42%, Corning (GLW) down 4.22%, Ciena (CIEN) down 3.69%, and Coherent (COHR) down 3.44%.
The report shows that the US semiconductor industry is facing a shortage of highly skilled workers, with a projected gap of nearly 160,000 by 2030.
According to Mars Finance, a joint employer survey analysis conducted by McKinsey & Company, SEMI (Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International), and the National Science Foundation shows that the shortage of highly skilled workers across the United States is worsening, with the projected shortage of up to 157,000 full-time skilled workers by 2030. This could delay the construction of multi-billion dollar new semiconductor factories across the country and constrain future chip production. (Cailian Press)
"Whale Tracking"long that a whale holding 20 million shares of a long position in a basket of semiconductor stocks is now deeply trapped, incurring losses exceeding $5.5 million.
According to BlockBeats, on July 8th, Hyperinsight monitoring showed that a whale with the account starting with 0x519c currently holds 7 AI semiconductor-related positions, all of which are 5x isolated margin long positions, totaling approximately $19.541 million. The current unrealized loss is approximately $5.502 million, with all 7 positions showing losses. The losses are mainly concentrated in: MRVL: Long positions amount to approximately $7.456 million, with a floating loss of approximately $2.609 million; SNDK: Long positions amount to approximately $3.836 million, with a floating loss of approximately $1.162 million; SKHX: Long positions amount to approximately $3.883 million, with a floating loss of approximately $676,000; MU / NBIS: Unrealized losses of approximately US$281,000 and US$284,000 respectively. The other two long positions are also in the red, and the total unrealized loss for this address is currently $5.56 million. All four positions have lost more than 100% of their initial investment, making this the address with the largest losses in the market conditions of last night and this morning. Previous report from a whale: South Korea's largest chip production expansion in history failed to stem a massive sell-off, with one major whale who chased SKHX at a high price incurring a loss of over $2.2 million in a single day.