LG Electronics is trading 5.9% down at KRW 64,300 after preliminary third-quarter operating profit missed consensus. - Operating profit was KRW 781.8 billion, 17% below consensus. - Citi cut its profit estimates and price target after the results, following the initial earnings announcement. - LG announced Apple-collaboration smart-home products on October 13, but coverage does not link them to the decline. South Korean technology shares faced heavy pressure; supplied index figures do not establish a broad-market cause.