Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: SK Square , KT&G Corporation and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Unexpected ETF-Driven Flow Event Lights up the KOSPI 200 IT Sleeve
  • Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly 21 November to 5 December 2025)


Unexpected ETF-Driven Flow Event Lights up the KOSPI 200 IT Sleeve

By Sanghyun Park

  • If the three non-IT names exit IT, passive flows hit hard: SK Square/LG Electronics ~0.4× DTV out, LG Corp ~0.8× DTV out, new IT entrants ~0.2–0.25× DTV in.
  • If KRX surprises next Tuesday, kicking three names from IT, expect immediate tape reaction—market memory exists, but the scenario isn’t priced, unlike 2023 Kakaopay, so instant price impact is likely.
  • If this happens, June 11 turns into a chunky basket-flow day: SK Square (~15% weight) out, next-tier caps see ~0.15–0.2× DTV inflow, except ultra-liquid names like Hanmi Semi.

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks and Key Catalysts Bi-Weekly 21 November to 5 December 2025)

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we provide the top 10 stock picks and key catalysts in the Korean stock market for the next two weeks (21 November to 5 December 2025).
  • Our top 10 picks in the past two weeks (7 to 21 November) were up on average 1.4% this period, outperforming KOSPI which was down 2.5% in the same period.
  • Our top 10 picks in the next two weeks include LG CNS, Hana Financial, Orion Corp, KT&G, Naver, KEPCO E&C, Hanmi Pharm, Amorepacific Corp, LG Chem (Pref), and SK Inc. 

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