NextFin News -- Samsung Electronics Co. shares rose 6.5% during Thursday morning trading after the company and its primary labor union signed a tentative wage agreement that suspended a planned 18-day strike.
The share appreciation occurred alongside a 5.3% increase in South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index.
The agreement prevented a walkout by approximately 48,000 workers, which market analysts projected would disrupt global high-bandwidth memory production schedules. Financial analysts noted that because the newly introduced performance bonus pool utilizes corporate stock instead of cash distributions, the structure prevents immediate reductions in the semiconductor manufacturer's liquid capital reserves.
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