Starting with value-up, closing worst to martial law...This year, too, "Fog".

[Anchor]
Last year, our stock market started with a value-up policy to solve the undervaluation problem, but it hit the worst in the aftermath of the emergency martial law.The exchange rate between

won and the dollar also reached its highest point since the financial crisis, and the entire financial market was reeling.

The outlook for this year is also foggy.

I'm reporter Lee Hyungwon.

[Reporter]
Last year, the stock market started with a welcome boost to its "value-up" policy.

The president's willingness to boost stock prices was strong enough to attend the opening ceremony of the New Year's stock market for the first time in history.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President (January 2 last year): Without considering the economy and the entire market, we will definitely fix the system that will cause side effects such as a stock market slump and investor exodus.]

The KOSPI, which opened at 2,600, was greeted by a push for value-ups, improved semiconductor business, and expectations for a U.S. rate cut.

In July alone, it exceeded the 2,900 mark.

The atmosphere has deteriorated sharply due to concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown.

On top of that, the semiconductor industry missed expectations,
Stock prices were shaken by the Trump administration's national priority ahead of the launch of
.

It is the emergency martial law that has directly hit our financial market, which has become so thin.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President (12.3): Declares emergency martial law to protect the constitutional order of freedom]

The won's value fell on the brink of martial law, hitting a bottom 27 years after the financial crisis,
The
course ended the year by giving up even 2,400 lines.The president, who called for the resolution of the

'Korea Discount', has become the biggest negative factor in our financial market.

[Kim Hak-kyun / Director of Shinyoung Securities Research Center: (Last year) was a relative and absolute slump. There aren't many countries where stock prices have fallen. However, Korea was in a negative country, and the stock price has returned to around 7 years ago.]

This year's stock price projections are expected to be volatile as the upper and lower ranges from 2,100 to 3,000.The

won-dollar exchange rate is mainly expected to remain fixed at the psychological Maginot level of 1,400 won and leave the top open to around 1,500 won.

[Roh Moo-gil / Shinhan Investment & Securities researcher: As China's low-cost exports deepen, Korea's margin seems to fall a little. In addition to this, uncertainty over tariff policy since the inauguration of the Trump administration in the United States....]

It seems that it is not easy to find good news for both the won and the stock price for the time being due to prolonged political instability amid variables from the U.S.

I'm Lee Hyungwon of YTN.

Filmmaker for
: Yoon So-jung

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