34% operating profit for the third quarter of the conglomerate ↑...Semiconductors increased and petrochemicals decreased.

It is estimated that the operating profit of large domestic companies in the third quarter of this year increased by 34% from the same period last year.

Corporate Data Research CEO Score surveyed 332 companies that submitted quarterly reports among the country's top 500 sales companies in the third quarter of this year.

As a result, the total operating profit of these companies in the third quarter was 58.6 trillion won, up 34% from last year.

By company, Samsung Electronics' third-quarter operating profit nearly tripled from last year to 9.2 trillion won, followed by SK Hynix, which recorded 7 trillion won in operating profit.

On the other hand, SK Energy had the largest operating loss in the third quarter of 500 billion won, followed by S-Oil, Lotte Chemical, and GS Caltex, and the petrochemical industry turned into a deficit due to weak oil prices.