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Hyundai Motor stock fell 13,000 won (3.09%) to 408,000 won on the 26th despite announcing cancellation of 2,505,606 treasury shares worth 789.1 billion won. Securities analysts cited shareholder return policies below investor expectations and weakened robotics business anticipation as reasons for th

Hanwha and Kakao stocks moved in opposite directions following their respective spin-off announcements. Hanwha stocks surged 18.2% over two days (25th-26th) after completing its spin-off on the 25th, including a 17.4% jump on that day. In contrast, Kakao stocks fell 6.1% through the 26th after annou

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix announced record-breaking shareholder return programs following their strongest quarterly earnings, but their stock prices declined significantly from June peaks. SK Hynix fell 43.5% from its June 25 high of 2,987,000 won to close at 1,688,000 won on the 26th,

Bitcoin entered a consolidation phase after briefly exceeding $80,000 on May 25, retreating to the $78,000 range as profit-taking emerged, according to the Korean crypto industry on May 27. The Fear & Greed Index, which measures crypto market sentiment, dropped 9 points to 65, remaining in 'greed' t

KB Securities projects Samsung Electronics will deliver a 'double surprise' in the second half through improved earnings and large-scale shareholder returns totaling 110 trillion won. Analyst Kim Dong-won stated the second half will mark a turning point where Samsung's profit strength levels up

Mirae Asset Group launched its 'New Finance' strategy following the recent acquisition of crypto exchange Digital X (formerly Korbit), with Chairman Park Hyun-joo announcing a one-year zero-fee policy starting from the 24th and capital injections totaling KRW 500 billion on the 27th. The strategy ai

Mirae Asset Group announced a dual-track strategy for Digital X (formerly Korbit) at an employee event held on the 26th at the Four Seasons Hotel in Gwanghwamun. Chairman Park Hyun-joo outlined plans to inject aggressive capital for market share expansion while simultaneously applying conservative o

Nvidia reported second-quarter earnings Wednesday that exceeded topline expectations, sending the stock up 4% in extended trading. CFO Colette Kress projected 70% revenue growth for 2028, describing the forecast as a 'supply-constrained outlook.' Analysts on the earnings call focused on the growth p

Twelve banks including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Santander are pursuing a joint stablecoin issuance project, The Wall Street Journal reported on the 27th Korean time. The initiative marks a strategic shift as traditional banks move to adopt stablecoin technology after previously opposing

Oracle, which has suffered severe underperformance compared to major technology stocks in recent months, is expected to stage a strong rebound according to Citigroup analyst Tyler Radke. Radke pointed to technical factors including investor capitulation and forced selling that created historically e

Major Korean securities firms including Hana Securities are updating their 'Best Execution Standards' disclosure documents ahead of Korea Exchange's (KRX) after-market launch on September 14. The revisions prepare automated order routing (SOR) systems to direct investor orders to the most

Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas maintains an Overweight rating on SpaceX stocks with a $300 price target, citing the company's Louisiana spaceport development plan as a positive catalyst. Jonas's assessment comes as SpaceX announced plans to invest $100 billion in developing

LS Securities raised Samsung Life Insurance stocks' target price to 420,000 won from 380,000 won on the 27th, maintaining a 'BUY' rating. The previous trading day's closing price for Samsung Life Insurance was 309,500 won. The upgrade follows Samsung Electronics' announcement of a massive 90

Defillama and Forgd launched Universal Token Ratings (UTR) on Aug. 26, 2026, applying Wall Street-style credit grades to 128 crypto tokens. The system assigns AAA through CCC ratings that update in near real-time based on market structure changes. The firms introduced UTR to provide standardized ass

Korean government bond futures showed mixed results in night trading on the 27th, with short-term contracts declining while longer-dated securities advanced, as US Treasury yields rose primarily in shorter maturities. The 3-year bond futures fell 3 ticks while 10-year futures gained 19 ticks,

TLB, a South Korean memory substrate manufacturer, received a new Buy rating and 53,000 won target price from IBK Investment Securities analyst Jo Eun-ae on the 26th. The analyst cited accelerating revenue from SOCAMM2 memory modules designed for NVIDIA's next-generation Vera CPU, which has been

South Korean insurance companies received approval to distribute senior food products and operate caregiver training institutions on the 27th, according to the Financial Services Commission's legal interpretation response to insurers' care subsidiary business scope inquiry. The regulatory

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) began an on-site consulting inspection of Toss Securities on the 25th, with the review scheduled to conclude on the 28th. The inspection aims to identify the root causes of frequent system outages at the online brokerage and establish recurrence

Samsung Fire & Marine resumed mortgage lending on the 27th after temporarily suspending operations since early last month, joining other South Korean insurance companies in reopening mortgage channels. The resumption follows increased lending capacity as insurance contract loans declined in the

A Toss Securities customer identified as 'A' claims to have suffered approximately 75 million won in losses after the brokerage rejected a sell order for 517,618 shares on January 31 last year. After more than a year of seeking explanation, Toss Securities on June 16 stopped processing additional