00:02Three numbers before the next open.
00:05COSDAQ up 4.48%,
00:08COSPI up 1.95%,
00:11and CHIP equipment stocks up nearly 11% in a month.
00:18It's Friday, October 2nd.
00:20Here's what investors are watching in Korea today.
00:23The COSDAQ gained 38.38 points to close at 894.29,
00:30its best finish in three months,
00:32up 10.8% over the last 11 sessions,
00:36versus just 4.3% for the COSPI over the same stretch.
00:41CHIP equipment names led it.
00:43WANIC IPS up 9.13%,
00:46Lino Industrial up 10.90%,
00:51HPSP up 8.32%.
00:55Regulators also confirmed nine brokerages
00:58must now widen research coverage
01:00of under-followed small and mid-cap stocks.
01:04So what does this mean for investors tracking Korea?
01:07This rally is narrower than the headline number suggests,
01:11driven by a policy push
01:13and a micron-linked swing in risk appetite,
01:16not a broad turnaround.
01:17Watch whether the COSDAQ holds above 890
01:21once that optimism fades.
01:25That's today's AI Prism, Securities Daily.
01:29This episode was produced with AI assistance
01:32based on sole economic daily reporting
01:34and reviewed by a human editor.
01:37AI Prism is a WAN IFRA award-winning series.
01:41We'll be back tomorrow.
01:42We'll be right back tomorrow.
01:44AI Prism is a WAN IFRA award-winning series,
01:47We'll be right back and forth
01:48We'll
01:48six anos. We go