Jan 29: 8 Strong Themes — Holding Companies, Pharma

January 29, 2024 · #Holding Companies #Pharma #Natural Gas Utilities #Life Insurance #LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) #Biosimilars #Property & Casualty Insurance #Graphene

8 strong themes — 1 running · 7 recurred. Top: Holding Companies +6.2%.

Strong themes8 Top change+6.2% LeaderSK

Average change by strong theme

Average change of member stocks, by theme · descending
Holding Companies
+6.2%
Pharma
+5.1%
Natural Gas Utilities
+4.9%
Life Insurance
+4.8%
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)
+4.1%
Biosimilars
+3.8%
Property & Casualty Insurance
+3.5%
Graphene
+3.4%

Theme leaders · recent trend

The line is the trend; the end-point colour is the last trading day's direction. Stocks without enough price history show as -
ThemeLeaderChangeTrend
Holding CompaniesSK+9.93%
PharmaHLB Pharmaceutical+9.66%
Natural Gas UtilitiesKoreaGas+11.44%
Life InsuranceMIRAE ASSET Life Insurance+11.75%
LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)HeunguOil+16.22%
BiosimilarsBinex+16.49%
Property & Casualty InsuranceHeungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance+4.72%
GrapheneSANGBOCo+12.49%

Holding Companies led the Jan 29 session with an average change of 6.24%, and all 10 of its stocks closed higher. The theme returned after a gap of 1110 days.

SK topped that group at 9.93%, followed by Hanwha at 7.58%. Pharma came next with an average change of 5.11%, led by HLB Pharmaceutical at 9.66%.

The largest single gains came from other themes. Binex rose 16.49% in Biosimilars, and HeunguOil gained 16.22% in LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), the only theme on a 2-day streak.

Today’s Strong Themes at a Glance

#ThemeStatusAvg. changeUp/TotalLeader
1Holding Companiesrecurred after 1110 days+6.2%10/10SK
2Pharmarecurred after 20 days+5.1%9/9HLB Pharmaceutical
3Natural Gas Utilitiesrecurred after 7 days+4.9%7/7KoreaGas
4Life Insurancerecurred after 4 days+4.8%5/5MIRAE ASSET Life Insurance
5LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)2 days running+4.1%9/9HeunguOil
6Biosimilarsrecurred after 7 days+3.8%7/7Binex
7Property & Casualty Insurancerecurred after 4 days+3.5%6/6Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance
8Graphenerecurred after 25 days+3.4%8/8SANGBOCo

Theme by Theme

1. Holding Companies (recurred after 1110 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
SK 034730+9.9%176,100★
Hanwha 000880+7.6%25,550
Samsung C&T 028260+6.3%127,900
Doosan 000150+6.3%86,500
Hyundai G.F. Holdings 005440+6.0%3,740
Singsongholdings 006880+5.8%7,610
LVMC Holdings 900140+5.6%3,100
Lotte 004990+5.5%26,800
HDC Holdings 012630+5.0%7,170
DL Holdings 000210+4.4%54,700

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2. Pharma (recurred after 20 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
HLB Pharmaceutical 047920+9.7%16,570★
SK biopharmaceuticals 326030+6.7%93,900
Kyongbo Pharmaceutical 214390+6.2%7,910
Union Korea Pharm 080720+5.7%4,835
Handok 002390+5.1%14,080
Dong-A Pharmaceutical 000640+3.9%107,600
Samsung Biologics 207940+3.5%800,000
Myungmoon Pharm 017180+2.9%2,300
Prestige Biologics 334970+2.5%4,145

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3. Natural Gas Utilities (recurred after 7 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
KoreaGas 036460+11.4%26,300★
Samchully 004690+5.0%93,000
Daesung Energy 117580+4.9%9,690
Gse 053050+4.8%3,855
Seoul City Gas 017390+3.7%59,100
Daesung Holdings 016710+2.8%9,220
Kyungdong City Gas 267290+1.8%19,340

4. Life Insurance (recurred after 4 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
MIRAE ASSET Life Insurance 085620+11.8%5,040★
Hanwha Life Insurance 088350+4.5%2,775
Samsung Life Insurance 032830+3.0%65,700
Tongyang Life Insurance 082640+2.8%4,630
Korean Reinsurance Company 003690+2.1%7,400

5. LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) (2 days running)

StockChangeCloseLeader
HeunguOil 024060+16.2%12,110★
Joong Ang Enervis 000440+5.0%19,140
SK Innovation 096770+3.9%120,300
Daesung Industrial 128820+3.1%3,780
SK Gas 018670+2.8%153,000
GS Holdings 078930+2.0%42,650
S-Oil 010950+1.5%69,000
Kukdong Oil & Chemicals 014530+1.4%3,995
E1 017940+0.7%59,300

6. Biosimilars (recurred after 7 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
Binex 053030+16.5%9,680★
Samsung Biologics 207940+3.5%800,000
Prestige Biologics 334970+2.5%4,145
LG Chem 051910+2.0%425,000
Dong-a ST 170900+1.3%70,900
Celltrion Pharm 068760+0.8%105,800
Boryung 003850+0.1%12,580

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7. Property & Casualty Insurance (recurred after 4 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
DB Insurance 005830+5.1%84,700
Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance 000540+4.7%3,105★
Hyundaimarine&fireinsurance 001450+4.3%31,700
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance 000810+2.7%247,500
Hanwha General Insurance 000370+2.3%4,050
Korean Reinsurance Company 003690+2.1%7,400

8. Graphene (recurred after 25 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
SANGBOCo 027580+12.5%2,090★
China Crystal New Material Holdings 900250+6.0%1,423
Itek 119830+2.9%7,510
DY Deokyang 024900+2.8%4,835
Dasan Solueta 154040+1.3%1,797
Kyung-in Synthetic 012610+0.9%3,490
Huvis 079980+0.5%4,020
Exa E&c 054940+0.4%848

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Closing Thoughts

Life Insurance rose 4.82% and Property & Casualty Insurance rose 3.52%, and both have episodes that run to Feb 2. MIRAE ASSET Life Insurance led the insurers with 11.75%.

Natural Gas Utilities rose 4.9% as KoreaGas gained 11.44%, and Graphene rose 3.39% as SANGBOCo gained 12.49%. Both episodes lasted only one day, so the next sessions will show whether those moves continue.