Jensen Huang, Nvidia chief executive officer (CEO), mentioned optoelectronics as a next-generation technology at "GTC 2026," drawing investor sentiment to Korea's telecom equipment stocks.

Huang Jensen, NVIDIA CEO, takes a question at the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference in San Jose, California, on Mar. 17, 2026./Courtesy of Yonhap News

As of 9:35 a.m., in the KOSDAQ market, Korea Advanced Materials is trading at 2,345 won, up 539 won (29.84%) from the previous trading day.

At the same time, WOORIRO is also trading at 4,575 won, up 1,055 won (29.97%). WOORIRO has been locked at the upper price limit (daily limit range) for four consecutive trading days.

At Nvidia's "GTC 2026" held on the 20th, Huang, the CEO, mentioned optoelectronics as a core technology of the future, which is seen as stoking investor sentiment. Earlier, Nvidia was also reported to have invested about 6 trillion won in U.S. optical transceiver corporations Lumentum Holdings and Coherent.

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