The SK hynix logo and a computer motherboard appear in this illustration created on Aug. 25, 2025. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
SK hynix briefly surpassed $1 trillion in market capitalization during intraday trading on Wednesday, becoming the third Asian company in history to achieve that feat, following TSMC and Samsung Electronics.
At 9:39 a.m., SK hynix shares were trading up 9.06 percent, or 187,000 won, at 2,238,000 won, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately 1.589 quadrillion won ($1.05 trillion).
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Samsung Electronics crossed the same threshold on May 6.
