Samsung Elec shares jump on upbeat chip outlook as fourth-quarter profit rises
4 Min Read SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd shares jumped on Friday after it said its fourth quarter operating profit likely rose 26% as coronavirus pandemic driven remote working and TV-watching fuelled sales of chips and display panels. Samsung Electronics shares rose as much as 8.6% in afternoon trade to a record high, compared to a 3.9% rise in the wider market, due to an earlier-than-expected rebound in memory chip prices, analysts said. “DRAM chip prices appear to be turning around now, rather than later in the year as we expected,” said Song Myung-sup, analyst at HI Inv...