[Featured Stock] ShillaJen Surges 9% on News of KOSDAQ150 Inclusion

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] On the 17th, the stock price of SillaJen surged. This is interpreted as a strong rise following the news of its inclusion in the KOSDAQ150 index.

As of 10:21 AM on the same day, SillaJen was trading at 9,920 KRW, up 9.61% compared to the previous day. Early in the session, it soared to 9,950 KRW.

The day before, the Korea Exchange announced the confirmation of regular changes to the components of the KOSPI200, KOSDAQ150, and KRX300 indices. In the KOSDAQ150, 11 stocks were replaced. In addition to SillaJen, Intops, STCube, ISC, DearU, HPSP, Eoflow, Sungil Hightech, WCP, Canaria Bio, and The Nature Holdings were newly included in the index.