South Korean and Japanese stock markets showed divergent trends, with Samsung Electronics closing down around 4%.

On October 29, the Nikkei 225 Index closed up 705.28 points, a 1.10% gain, to 64,659.47 points on Thursday (October 29). South Korea's KOSPI Index closed down 74.78 points, a 1.24% decline, to 5,937.66 points on Thursday (October 29). Samsung Electronics fell approximately 4%, while SK Hynix rose 2.6%. (Jin10)