...nics shed 0.77 percent to 77,300 won, and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix decreased 0.77 percent to 128,500 won. Internet portal operator Naver retreated 1.72 percent to 342,000 won, leading chemical firm LG Chem slumped 5.17 percent to 716,000 won, and top automaker Hyundai Motor lost 0.48 percent to 209,000 won. Bio giant Celltrion tumbled 12.31 percent to 171,000 won amid rumors that the regulator is lo...

...ke. In Seoul, top cap Samsung Electronics edged down 0.13 percent, and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix decreased 0.77 percent. Internet portal operator Naver retreated 2.73 percent, leading chemical firm LG Chem fell 2.65 percent, and top automaker Hyundai Motor lost 0.48 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,188.55 won against the US dollar, down 1.05 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap

...ost 1.27 percent to 77,900 won, while No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix added 0.78 percent to 129,500 won. LG Electronics surged 6.2 percent to 145,500 won after reports that it will supply an infotainment sy...leading carmaker Hyundai Motor dropped 0.71 percent to 210,000 won, and electric car battery maker LG Chem declined 2.33 percent to 755,000 won. The local currency closed at 1,187.5 won against the U...

...pmaker SK hynix increased 0.78 percent. Internet portal operator Naver moved up 0.58 percent, and leading carmaker Hyundai Motor added 0.47 percent. Giant pharmaceutical firm Samsung Biologics lost 0.58 percent, and electric car battery maker LG Chem declined 3.75 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,187.8 won against the US dollar, up 2.7 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

...t Samsung Biologics climbed 2.88 percent to 857,000 won, internet portal operator Naver moved up 3.13 percent to 345,500 won, and Kakao gained 2.32 percent to 97,200 won. Electric car battery maker LG Chem surged 5.31 percent to 773,000 won, and Samsung SDI jumped 5.1 percent to 659,000 won. The local currency closed at 1,190.5 won against the US dollar, up 4.2 won from the previous session's close....

...trillion won, followed by K-pop superstars BTS' management firm Hybe with 8.9 trillion won and top shipper HMM Co. with 7.9 trillion won. In contrast, Samsung Electronics chalked up the biggest decline of about 26 trillion won, trailed by biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. with 19.5 trillion won and No. 1 chemical maker LG Chem Ltd. with 19.1 trillion won, according to the institute. (Yonhap)

...eoul. Top cap Samsung Electronics added 0.38 percent, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix increased 0.39 percent, and pharmaceutical giant Samsung Biologics climbed 0.1.44 percent. Electric car battery maker LG Chem moved up 2.32 percent, and internet portal operator Naver jumped 3.28 percent. The local currency was trading at 1,189.8 won against the US dollar, up 4.9 won from the previous session's close. (Y...

President Moon Jae-in attended the groundbreaking ceremony for an LG Chem cathode plant in the southeastern city of Gumi on Tuesday, saying he hopes the 475 billion won ($397 million) project will boost South Korea's competitiveness in the electric vehicle (EV) battery sector. Moon traveled to the city 260 kilometers southeast of Seoul to meet with officials involved in the construction of the p...

...in some banking stocks and shipbuilders. Top cap Samsung Electronics added 1.15 percent to 78,900 won, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix increased 2.81 percent to 128,000 won, and electric car battery maker LG Chem jumped 3.38 percent to 734,000 won. Pharmaceutical giant Celltrion surged 5.08 percent to 196,500 won, and financial heavyweight KB Financial Group gained 3.81 percent to 60,000 won. Among losers...

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's leading chemical materials producer, said Tuesday it will build a new factory in South Korea to produce high-nickel cathode materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries a... materials with nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum, more commonly known as NCMA cathode, which LG Chem has been focusing on its next-generation product. LG Chem's NCMA cathode features 90 percent...

LG Energy Solution said Monday that it would soon outcompete its bigger Chinese rival in the global race to develop electric vehicle batteries, amid market anticipation that the South Korean battery ...xpected to offer 34 million new shares in an indicative range of 257,000 to 300,000 won per share. LG Chem, which wholly owns the battery arm, plans to offer 8.5 million existing shares in the same pr...

...and his families’ share fell to 19.99 percent from 29.99 percent. In October, the owner family of LG Group also sold 60 percent of its shares in its in-house maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) ...S E&C. S&I, LG Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, has grown through intercompany transactions, with LG’s affiliates such as LG Electronics and LG Chem accounting for more than 70 percent of the company...

... No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix decreased 0.4 percent to 125,000 won. Internet portal giant Naver slumped 4.65 percent to 338,500 won, with its rival Kakao shedding 5.21 percent to 100,000 won. Among gainers, banking top cap Kakao Bank advanced 0.72 percent to 56,000 won, and electric car maker LG Chem increased 3.92 percent to 690,000 won. Steelmaker POSCO jumped 3.05 percent to 304,500 won. (Yonhap)

...500 won. Pharmaceutical giant Samsung Biologics declined 3.04 percent to 861,000 won. Among gainers, leading carmaker Hyundai Motor added 1.67 percent to 213,500 won, and electric car battery maker LG Chem jumped 3.11 percent to 664,000 won. The local currency closed at 1,196.9 won against the US dollar, down 2.8 won from the previous session's close. Bond prices, which move inversely to yields, cl...

...et is expected to have another bumper year in 2022 as a slew of companies, including battery maker LG Energy Solution, are planning for stock market debuts, analysts said Sunday. The amount of money ...record. LG Energy's IPO is widely viewed as the country's largest share sale deal for this year. LG Energy, the wholly owned subsidiary of LG Chem Ltd., plans to offer 34 million new shares in the b...