Samsung Electronics shares hit record high

SEOUL (Reuters) -Shares of South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose as much as 2% on Thursday to an all-time high on investor optimism surrounding the semiconductor industry. Shares of the world's leading memory chip maker were up 0.95% at 95,900 won ($67.52) per share as of 0022 GMT, after hitting a record 96,900 won earlier in the session, surpassing the previous record of 96,800 won on January 11, 2021. Samsung Electronics shares have risen 80% so far this year. ($1 = 1,420.2400 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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