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DS Investment & Securities lowered its target price for Hyundai Rotem stocks from 236,000 won to 226,000 won while maintaining a 'buy' rating, citing delayed overseas orders and won-dollar exchange rate declines. The brokerage firm stated that Peru's K2 tank and K808 armored vehicle export

iM Securities raised its target price for Simpac, a KOSDAQ-listed semiconductor PCB manufacturer, from 185,000 won to 250,000 won on the 6th, citing AI CPU demand exceeding expectations. The brokerage maintained its 'buy' investment opinion for the company. Analyst Ko Eui-young attributed the

NH Investment & Securities cut Hyundai Mobis' target price from 710,000 won to 570,000 won on the 6th, citing a lack of new momentum in the company's robotics business. Analyst Ha Neul maintained a 'buy' rating, noting that the core automotive parts business is recovering. The downgrade reflects

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix showed limited movement in Nexttrade pre-market trading on October 6 at 8:11 AM, marking the first session after a holiday. Samsung Electronics traded 0.72% higher at 278,000 won while SK Hynix remained flat with a 0.05% gain to 1,842,000 won. The muted performance o

Samsung Electronics shifted its shareholder return strategy focus from scale to method after announcing up to ₩110 trillion in returns for 2024-2026, with Life Asset Management proposing a ₩63 trillion preferred share buyback plan. Life Asset Management recommended prioritizing preferred share

Brazil moved its crypto banking cut-off from 30 October to 6 November via Resolution BCB 589, published 25 September. The Banco Central do Brasil made the change to prepare an official list of firms in transition under the new licensing regime, according to the central bank's explanatory

MoonPay, a global digital asset payment and stablecoin infrastructure company, announced on the 6th a partnership with KB Kookmin Card to develop digital asset-based payment services and conduct a joint proof-of-concept (PoC). The collaboration aims to create payment models enabling foreign

DFA is converting cloned mutual funds into ETF share classes, according to CryptoTwitter commentator James Seyffart. The transition to ETF share classes reflects a growing trend of ETF adoption among financial institutions. This move aligns with increasing investor preference for ETFs over

Gentherm recently topped the Blue Horseshoe score, a metric tracking exchange-traded fund interest, following position initiations by 11 ETFs with zero selling activity. The surge in institutional interest comes despite the company's $1 billion market cap and absence of financial analyst coverage. G

Daol Investment Securities raised its target price for Cosmecca Korea (stock code 241710) from 130,000 won to 150,000 won on October 6 while maintaining a 'Buy' rating, despite forecasting third-quarter operating profit slightly below market consensus. Analyst Park Jong-hyun projects Q3 consolidated revenue of 222.3 billion won (up 22% year-over-year) and operating profit of 31.6 billion won (up 16% year-over-year), marginally under the consensus estimate of 32.3 billion won. The brokerage attri

Iljin Electric's heavy electrical equipment order backlog reached $1.3 billion in the first half of the year, with North America accounting for nearly 80% of orders, according to an NH Investment & Securities report released May 6. Analyst Lee Min-jae attributed the concentration to increasing

Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reducing their workforce's internal reliance on Anthropic's Claude AI models, according to a report by The Information. Microsoft cut its projected internal spending on Claude by more than one-third from an anticipated $1 billion annual run rate earlier this year,

Korean securities firms' margin trading balances rebounded to 59.74 trillion won in September after plunging to 54.39 trillion won in July, according to Korea Financial Investment Association data released October 6. FSS Governor Lee Chan-jin summoned representatives from 23 securities firms on Sept

ABS-CBN Corp. stockholders approved a capital restructuring on September 30 that brings in P6 billion in new equity, with outside investor I&C Holdings Corporation set to become the largest common shareholder at 37.7%, yet the founding Lopez family will retain strategic control of the Philippine

NH Investment & Securities downgraded Hyundai Motor's target price from 620,000 won to 540,000 won, a 12.9% reduction, while maintaining a 'buy' investment rating. Analyst Ha Neul cited global wholesale sales slowdown and intensified price competition as reasons for the revision in a report

Hana Securities on October 6 projected Samsung Biologics' third-quarter revenue at 1.4063 trillion won and operating profit at 635.4 billion won, exceeding market consensus of 1.338 trillion won and 589.7 billion won respectively. The brokerage lowered its target price from 2.03 million won to 1.95

NH Investment & Securities announced on the 6th that it maintains a 'Buy' rating on Cheil Worldwide but lowers the target price from 24,000 won to 23,000 won. The brokerage highlighted the company's shareholder return policies, including a 12% treasury stock cancellation scheduled for the 15th and a

Shinhan Investment & Securities cut its target price for LG Display stocks to 13,000 won, a 19% reduction from the prior target, citing delayed profitability improvement due to weakening KRW/USD exchange rates and chipflation pressures. Senior Researcher Park Hyun-woo forecast LG Display's Q3