Korea Samsung's wage talks are reportedly ongoing until 7pm KST today, with both sides working toward a voluntary deal. If no agreement is reached, the Labor Relations Commission will reconvene tomorrow at 10am KST and table a formal though non-binding mediation proposal.

Flow-wise, foreigners were continued net sellers in both SEC and SK HYNIX, selling $842mn and $693mn respectively, while local instos and retail investors net bought $338mn/$355mn in SK Hynix and $534mn/$311mn in SEC to drive the strength in the names today.