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A chip-led bounce that lifted SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics ran into two counterpoints: Largan plunged more than 6% after August sales dropped 16.2%, and China’s Ministry of Finance said it will issue special bonds to recapitalize eight lenders, a move that pushed Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) lower. Foreign investors still poured a net 1.8 trillion won into the Kospi Index (KOSPI), extending inflows to a third session. The episode neatly compresses momentum-driven flow, real demand signals from a key supplier, and state intervention into a single trading day.