Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: SK Square , Miwon Specialty Chemical and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Retail Range-Trading Hynix Is Driving Short-Term Inflection in Square NAV Trade
  • An Early Look at Potential Additions and Deletions to KOSPI200 in June 2026


Retail Range-Trading Hynix Is Driving Short-Term Inflection in Square NAV Trade

By Sanghyun Park

  • Structurally, Square’s NAV trade still works. The Hynix stake alone implies a 60%+ discount, well above local norms, with policy tailwinds supporting long-term compression.
  • Near term, Square’s NAV is a derivative of retail Hynix flows. Today was the first real unwind since the 10th, with retail net selling roughly 5x yesterday’s retail net-sell.
  • Retail sold both, but Hynix again dominated the tape. Retail is range-trading ₩500ks, and that behavior is the key driver of Square’s short-term NAV inflection.

An Early Look at Potential Additions and Deletions to KOSPI200 in June 2026

By Douglas Kim

  • In this insight, we provide an early look at the potential additions and deletions to KOSPI200 rebalance in June 2026.
  • We provide 8 potential deletion candidates including Miwon Specialty Chemical (268280 KS), SeAH Steel Holdings (003030 KS), Asia Holdings (002030 KS), and Miwon Commercial (002840 KS).
  • Eight potential additions in KOSPI200 in June 2026 are up on average 41.7% on average in the past six months, outperforming KOSPI in the same period. 

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