Abstract: We analyzed KRX short interest data as of Oct 2nd for stocks with market cap of at least USD 100m. Aggregated short interest was USD19,487m, up 4.0% from USD18,746m a week ago, while the KOSPI index decreased by 1.1% over the same period. Hanmi Semi led by short value at US$1,251m, followed by Samsung Electronics at US$1,176m and LG Energy Solution at US$1,146m. The largest weekly increases in short value came from NAVER (+US$80m, +40.6%), HLB (+US$77m, +384.8%), Samsung Elec (PREF) (+US$76m, +28.2%), and Doosan Enerbility (+US$71m, +22.5%). The largest weekly decreases came from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (-US$64m, -10.0%) and Samsung Electronics (-US$56m, -4.6%).
HLB, NAVER, DWEC, Samsung Elec (PREF), Doosan Enerbility
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