On July 30 the won closed at a five-month high while the KOSPI fell for a third day — and Samsung rose 2.4% while SK Hynix fell about 3%. Same currency, same sector, opposite directions.
Record Q2 operating profit of ₩60.5tn. A 24-point intraday swing, a 7.54% close, and a two-day drop of 22.5%. The market didn’t reject the quarter — it hasn’t bought the second half.
Nvidia is taking a 4.5% stake in Naver — ₩1.48tn (~$1.01B) via a third-party share issuance, Naver’s first in 22 years.
Korea’s market whipsawed all week: down 4.46% Monday, up 4.40% Thursday to reclaim 7,000 for the first time in six sessions, then down 5.72% Friday.
On July 16 the Bank of Korea raised rates for the first time in three and a half years — not to fight a slump, but a boom.
Korea’s stock market swung −9%, +6%, −6% in four days, then the Bank of Korea hiked for the first time since 2023.
Korean media called the bear-market exit on July 10. On July 13 the KOSPI fell 8.95% and tripped its seventh circuit breaker of 2026.
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