On October 27, Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares rose 8.17% in Regular Trading, trading at $11.7736, with turnover of $266 million.
The move was accompanied by strong gains in South Korean memory chip names, with Samsung Electronics rising as much as 4.9% and SK Hynix climbing as much as 7.3%, helping leveraged products tied to the Korean equity market move higher.
Broader market context was also supportive. The KOSPI opened sharply higher on expectations for increased shareholder returns and a revival in AI-related trading. Market attention centered on reports that SK Hynix may announce an additional shareholder return plan of 50 trillion to 60 trillion won alongside its upcoming quarterly results, reinforcing risk appetite toward heavyweight Korean semiconductor stocks. During the session, the KOSPI also posted a strong advance, while Korean exchange safeguards were triggered after futures surged, underscoring the intensity of the rally.
The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments, such as swap agreements, ETFs that track the index, securities of the index and other financial instruments that provide daily leveraged exposure to the index or to ETFs that track the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-cap segments of the South Korean equity market, covering approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of South Korean issuers. It is non-diversified.
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