SK HERCULES DROPPED CLOSE TO 5%

ON 29 JULY, THE UNITED STATES STOCK MARKET, SK HERCULES, FELL AT A TIME CLOSE TO $5 TO $123.71. TODAY, THE SOUTH KOREAN MARKET, SK HERCULES, FELL 9.6 PER CENT, WITH A RECORD DROP OF ALMOST 20 PER CENT, THE LARGEST DROP IN THE DAY AND A 53 PER CENT FALL FROM THE HIGH POINT OF JUNE. ON THE NEWS, SK HERCULES RELEASED HIS PERFORMANCE THIS MORNING, SHOWING A SHARP INCREASE OF 557 PER CENT TO 60.5 TRILLION WON IN BUSINESS PROFITS IN THE SECOND QUARTER, AN INCREASE OF 257 PER CENT TO 79.3 TRILLION WON IN BUSINESS INCOME, AND A NEW QUARTERLY RECORD OF BOTH INDICATORS, BUT BOTH INDICATORS STILL FALL SHORT OF THE ANALYSTS ' EXPECTATIONS, AND THE MARKET ' S DOUBTS ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF DEMAND FOR AI CHIPS TO SUSTAIN HIGH VALUATIONS HAVE DEEPENED。