TR Korea(02848.HK) up 1.20%, Korea 2026 tax take seen at record high

NewTimeSpace News:as of 10:02 HKT on September 30, 2026, Xtrackers MSCI Korea UCITS ETF (02848.HK) rose 1.20% to HK$1,852.500, with turnover of HK$811,500, volume of 440 units and a turnover rate of 0.02%.

NewTimeSpace has learned that the ETF is managed by DWS Investment S.A. and tracks the MSCI Korea 20/35 Custom Index, covering large and mid-cap stocks listed on the Korean exchange. As of 10:02 HKT on September 30, 2026, the ETF had HK$5.47bn in assets, a net asset value of HK$1,910.138 per unit and a board lot of 10 units.

On the news front, South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy said the country's 2026 national tax revenue is expected to reach a record 478.6 trillion won, up 104.7 trillion won from a year earlier, driven by the semiconductor super-cycle.

TrendForce said in its research that as AI server demand keeps expanding, HBM and conventional DRAM are competing for limited advanced-node and wafer capacity, and given the time needed to ramp yields on new-generation products, memory supply will stay tight in 2027.

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