On October 2, Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares rose 8.11% in regular trading, trading at $22.745/share, with turnover of $173 million. The rally was driven by multiple converging tailwinds for the South Korean equity market.
On the news front, data from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed that the country's September exports surged 83.5% year-over-year to $120.94 billion, setting a new all-time single-month record. Semiconductors served as the core engine behind the export boom. Additionally, strong earnings from Micron Technology provided further support for the memory chip sector, lifting sentiment around Korean chipmakers including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which together account for roughly half of Korea's total market capitalization.
The OECD recently raised its Korean GDP growth forecast sharply to 3.7%, the largest upward revision among G20 nations, citing robust semiconductor-driven exports. Meanwhile, options traders have been positioning for further Korean won appreciation, reflecting growing confidence in Korea's macro outlook.
As a triple-leveraged ETF tracking the MSCI Korea Index, the fund amplifies daily moves of its benchmark. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily leveraged exposure to the index, which covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of South Korean issuers.
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