SEOUL — Retail investors scooped up 2.33 trillion won ($1.67 billion) worth of Samsung Electronics stocks since the U.S. presidential election, the country’s main bourse said on Sunday. Individuals purchased the chipmaker on bargain hunting for eight trading sessions through November 15 despite massive selloffs by foreigners, according to data from the Korea Exchange (KRX). Foreign investors offloaded 2.48 trillion won worth of Samsung Electronics stocks during the eight-session period, reports Yonhap news agency. Samsung Electronics has been on the decline in recent months, hitting an over four-year low of 49,900 won on Thursday amid worries over a possible scrapping of chip incentives by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The drop is also attributable to disappointing earnings and a negative outlook for the global semiconductor industry under the incoming Trump government. The world’s largest memory chip maker has apparently fallen behind its local rival SK hynix Inc. in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) segment. HBM chips are in high demand due to their essential role in AI computing. Its plans to supply its latest fifth-generation HBM3E products to AI chip giant Nvidia Corp. have been delayed due to quality concerns. On Friday, Samsung Electronics announced a 10 trillion-won share buyback plan...