On August 19, Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares rose 13.06% in regular trading, trading at $20.2/share, with turnover of $386 million. The leveraged ETF staged a sharp rebound after plunging over 15% in the prior session when the KOSPI index triggered a circuit breaker on an intraday drop of nearly 7%.
On the news front, Soros Capital's latest Q2 13F filing revealed that iShares MSCI South Korea ETF became its top holding as a newly established position, with approximately 212,200 shares valued at $42.84 million, representing 7.66% of the portfolio. Additionally, SK Hynix surged over 7% after announcing plans to buy back and cancel 40 trillion KRW in shares while committing to return at least 50% of cash flow to shareholders, boosting storage chip stocks broadly. M&G Investments also increased Korean government bond holdings, citing AI-driven chip tax revenue growth, further reinforcing institutional confidence in Korean tech assets.
The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily leveraged exposure to the MSCI Korea Index, which covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of South Korean issuers. It is non-diversified.
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