Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Korea Exchange, as of 9:02 AM on October 8, KOSPI fell 0.34% to 6,781.05 after opening 0.07% higher, while KOSDAQ declined 0.72% to 891.96. The previous trading day, KOSPI closed down 1.98%

According to Guru Club, Brent crude oil broke through $101 per barrel on October 8, with intraday gains of 0.86%.

Yuanta Securities stated on the 8th that South Korea's electrical and electronics sector has entered a phase where upward momentum is spreading from individual stocks to component-level categories. Analyst Ko Seon-young identified PCB substrates as the rebound starting point and named Samsung

Shinhan Investment Securities raised SK Innovation's target price to 240,000 won on the 8th, a 20% increase. Analysts Lee Jin-myeong and Kim Myung-joo cited improved E&S (Energy Business Division) earnings from Barossa gas introduction through Darwin LNG. The analysts stated in a Darwin LNG site vis

Samsung Securities raised its target price for LG Electronics stocks to 250,000 won from 210,000 won on the 8th, a 19.0% increase, despite the company's third-quarter results falling short of market expectations. Analyst Lee Jong-wook maintained a 'buy' rating and attributed the upgrade to the

According to Citic Securities, the brokerage forecasts the Chinese yuan will trade between 6.60 and 6.70 per U.S. dollar by the end of 2026.

On October 8, the Nikkei 225 Index opened down 156.73 points, or 0.22%, at 69,878.98.

According to Yuanta Securities on October 8, South Korea's electronics and electrical equipment industry has entered a phase where rallies are spreading from individual stocks to the component level. The brokerage identified substrates as the starting point and named Samsung Electro-Mechanics and

AMD CEO Lisa Su met Samsung executives for three hours on Oct. 7 to request expanded HBM4 memory supplies and discuss foundry cooperation. Su asked Samsung to ramp up mass production of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4, citing tight memory supply as demand for artificial

According to Shinhan Investment, on October 8, SK Innovation's target price was raised to 240,000 Korean won, a 20% increase, driven by the integration of Darwin LNG from the Barossa gas field. Shinhan's research team noted that SK Innovation's Energy & Solutions business now has a complete

Amazon's trailing price-to-earnings ratio (PER) hit 20x, the lowest level since its initial public offering, according to data from TrendSpider cited by Yahoo Finance. Over the last month, the stock declined 2.4% even as NVIDIA and AMD reached new highs and Meta surged 23%, closing at $259.92 on the

According to Jin10 Futures, CBOT soybean oil futures declined on Wednesday, with the benchmark contract closing 3.2% lower due to unwinding of long oil-short meal crush spread positions and weakness in international crude oil futures. Traders noted the combination of spread liquidation and falling c

According to Yahoo Finance citing TrendSpider data, Amazon's trailing price-to-earnings ratio hit 20x on October 7, marking the lowest level since the company's IPO. Despite the artificial intelligence boom that drove Nvidia, AMD, and Meta to surge in recent weeks, Amazon stock declined 2.4% over th

Japan reported a trade deficit of 687.7 billion yen for August, beating expectations of 715.2 billion yen and improving from July's 399.9 billion yen shortfall.

Foreign investors purchased 585.7 billion yen in Japanese government bonds during the week ending October 2, according to Japanese government data, compared to net selling of 1.34 trillion yen in the previous week.

During the week ended October 2, Japanese investors purchased 1.3246 trillion yen in foreign stocks, compared to 225.8 billion yen in the previous week, marking a surge of approximately 487 percent.

Japan's unadjusted current account for August came in at 4,062 billion yen, exceeding the forecast of 3,194.6 billion yen and the prior month's 2,988.9 billion yen.

Samsung Electronics' 2024 operating profit is projected to approach 370 trillion won, driving expectations for record-breaking shareholder returns of up to 110 trillion won, according to securities firm estimates disclosed following the company's Q3 results announcement. The projection stems from Sa

Foreign investors net purchased 2.19 trillion yen of Japanese stocks in the week ending October 2. The previous week's data was revised upward to negative 354.2 billion yen from an initially reported negative 362 billion yen.

Korea Investment Trust Management announced on the 8th that its ACE Life Asset Shareholder Value Active ETF achieved the top benchmark-relative performance among active ETFs over a 6-month period. According to Korea Exchange data from the previous day, the ETF recorded a 55.15% return over the