Abstract: We analyzed changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of April 17th, with total foreign holdings across stocks with market cap of at least USD 100m at USD 1,287.1bn, up from USD 1,231bn a week ago. We estimate net foreign flows were inflows of USD 2,706m for the week, with holdings increasing 4.6% WoW, modestly trailing the KOSPI index gain of 5.7%. On the inflow side, SK Hynix led with +USD 904m, followed by Doosan Enerbility (+USD 365m), Samsung Elec (PREF) (+USD 259m), TaihanElecWire (+USD 163m), and APR (+USD 153m). On the outflow side, KIA saw the largest weekly selling at -USD 109m, followed by ISC (-USD 96m), SKTelecom (-USD 82m), SamsungE&A (-USD 81m), and LIG Nex1 (-USD 80m).
LS ELECTRIC, APR, Samsung Elec (PREF), SK Hynix, Doosan Enerbility
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