... ground across the board, with techs and chemicals leading the upturn. Market heavyweight Samsung Electronics rose 0.91 percent, and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix surged 2.43 percent. Top battery maker LG Energy Solution added 0.46 percent, and LG Chem spiked 3.93 percent. Carmakers also rose, with Hyundai Motor increasing 1.09 percent and Kia advancing 0.73 percent. Major bio shares traded mixed. Pharmaceutical giant Celltrion soared 2.27 ...

LG Group said Thursday it has confirmed a spending package of 106 trillion won ($83.7 billion) through 2026 to consolidate its manufacturing and research base in South Korea. The five-year plan is i...tery recycling system; and lay out battery lifetime prediction tools. Battery materials affiliate LG Chem will pour in 1.7 trillion won to advance its business related to cathode material, separators...

... The KOSPI's top cap, Samsung Electronics, moved up 0.74 percent to 68,000 won, and battery giant LG Energy Solution jumped 4.45 percent to 434,000 won. No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix advanced 1.35 percen...ountry's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor, added 2.47 percent to 186,500 won. Chemical heavyweight LG Chem soared 8.57 percent to 545,000 won. The local currency closed at 1,268.1 won against the US ...

... top cap Samsung Electronics moved up 0.89 percent, and battery giant LG Energy Solution grew 2.29 percent. No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix advanced 0.9 percent, and the country's largest automaker Hyundai Motor added 1.65 percent. Chemical heavyweight LG Chem jumped 3.39 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,267.9 won against the US dollar, up 9.8 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

...stment Corp. analyst team said in a report. Most large caps closed lower in Seoul. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics Co. lost 0.88 percent to 67,500 won, the country's largest chemical company LG Chem shed 1.95 percent to 502,000 won, and internet giant Naver Corp. retreated 1.81 percent to 271,500 won. Leading automaker Hyundai Motor Co. dropped 1.89 percent to 182,000 won, with No. 2 chipmake...

...and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite tumbled 4.73 percent. Most large caps traded lower in Seoul. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics Co. lost 1.32 percent, the country's largest chemical company LG Chem shed 2.34 percent, and internet giant Naver retreated 2.89 percent. Leading automaker Hyundai Motor dropped 2.43 percent, with No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix declining 2.2 percent. The local currency c...

...p 2.76 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.34 percent. In Seoul, most large-cap stocks traded higher. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 1.63 percent, and major battery maker LG Energy Solution gained 0.73 percent. The country's largest chemical company LG Chem jumped 2.97 percent, and internet giant Naver went up 1.27 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,266.60 won against the US dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 8.40 won from the previous session'...

...to 67,600 won, and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix added 1.81 percent to 112,500 won. Major battery maker LG Energy Solution went up 2 percent to 408,500 won, and Kakao, the operator of popular mobile messen...akao Talk, rose 1.09 percent to 83,200 won. Among losers, the country's largest chemical company, LG Chem, shed 0.39 percent to 505,000 won. The local currency closed at 1,275 won against the dollar...

...nology firms. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.08 percent. In Seoul, most large-cap stocks traded mixed. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 1.51 percent, and major battery maker LG Energy Solution gained 0.12 percent. The country's largest chemical company LG Chem lost 0.39 percent, and internet giant Naver traded flat. The local currency had been trading at 1,278.10 won against the US dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 6.0 won from the previous session's close...

...t, and the Nasdaq jumped 3.8 percent. In Seoul, most large-cap stocks advanced across the board. Market bellwether Samsung Electronics Co. rose 0.75 percent, the country's largest chemical company LG Chem also was up 0.78 percent, and internet giant Naver gained 1.09 percent. The local currency had been trading at 1,277.10 won against the US dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 7.10 won from the previous ses...

...ccused of shifting the burden of proof to consumers or regulators to reduce damages to pay. Authorities added that they will deal with unfair corporate practices, referring to a contentious spinoff LG Chem carried out and the stock options row at Kakao Pay, which all took place in January this year. Individual investors holding shares in LG Chem, which wholly owned LG Energy Solution before the world’s second-largest battery maker went public in what was Korea’s record listing, cried foul over the lack of regulation for what they saw a...

...t. In Seoul, most big-cap shares traded lower, with tech and chemicals hit harder. Top-cap Samsung Electronics lost 0.76 percent, and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix fell 0.47 percent. Top battery maker LG Energy Solution went down 2.28 percent, and Samsung SDI slid 3.21 percent. Leading chemicals maker LG Chem tumbled 4.27 percent, and top refiner SK Innovation skidded 2.20 percent. Major steelmaker POSCO Holdings also fell 2.49 percent. Carmakers also lost ground. No. 1 carmaker Hyundai Motor decre...

LG Chem and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a technology that efficiently turns carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, which is used to produce alternative fuels and plastic. The two parties have developed an electrochemical reactor for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide at the highest level of efficiency through joint research, the company said. Ca...

...e of battery, K-pop and virtual currency firms, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. Battery maker LG Energy Solution jumped from No. 343 in 2020 to No. 44 last year on the annual list released by CEO...o. 4 through 6. Hanwha maintained its No. 7 spot. Chipmaker SK hynix and battery materials maker LG Chem climbed four steps to No. 8 and six steps to No. 9, respectively. Among the 39 companies pus...

...maintained the second spot with sales of 117.6 trillion won. Steel behemoth POSCO Holdings, formerly POSCO, leaped to third place in 2021 from sixth a year earlier with sales of 76.3 trillion won. LG Electronics Inc. placed fourth, trailed by No. 2 automaker Kia Corp., state power company Korea Electric Power Corp., Hanwha Corp., chip giant SK hynix Inc., top chemicals maker LG Chem Ltd. and leading auto parts maker Hyundai Mobis Co. New entrants on the list include Dunamu, the operator of Upbit, the country's largest cryptocurrency exchange by transaction value, and K-po...