▲ A dealing room at Hana Bank in central Seoul on March 27, 2026 (Yonhap)

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Foreign ownership in Samsung Electronics drops to 12 1/2 yr low

SEOUL, March 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign holdings of shares in Samsung Electronics Co. fell to their lowest level in nearly 12 1/2 years amid a recent selloff in the South Korean stock market, financial data showed Friday.

Foreigners held 48.9 percent of Samsung Electronics stocks as of Friday, marking the lowest level since Oct. 1, 2013, when the figure stood at 48.87 percent, according to data from the Financial Supervisory Service.

The proportion has been on a downward trend for months after reaching 52.63 percent on Nov. 3.

It was 50.66 percent on Feb. 27, a day before U.S.-Israeli air strikes on Iran, with the decline accelerating since then.

Foreign investors sold a net 15.5 trillion won (US$10.3 billion) worth of Samsung Electronics stocks in March alone, while their total net selling in the broader stock market reached 30.3 trillion won over the same period.

Samsung Electronics fell 0.22 percent to close at 179,700 won on the main bourse, closely outperforming the Korea Composite Stock Price Index or KOSPI's 0.4 percent drop.

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