Options Expiration Day – 700 Billion Won Futures Sold After Close: Foreigners' True Intentions / If Oil Crash Causes Market Plunge, It's the Last Buying Opportunity

Summary

Hwang Yuhyeon, a team leader at Shinhan Investment, analyzes options expiration day where heavy foreign selling failed to push the market down. He recommends focusing on large-cap AI and robotics leaders like Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, LG Group stocks, Hyundai AutoEver, Jeju Semiconductor, and solar names OCI Holdings and HD Hyundai Energy Solution. He views any oil-induced crash as a final buying opportunity.

• Options expiration day saw heavy foreign selling but the market still closed higher.
• Hwang advises concentrating on large-cap sector leaders in each industry.
• Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are core AI holdings with a long-term bullish thesis.
• LG Group stocks (LG Electronics, LG Innotek, LG CNS) are re-rating as robotics/AI plays.
• Hyundai AutoEver has further upside relative to SI peers.
• On-device AI stocks like Jeju Semiconductor have strong earnings and potential.
• Solar energy stocks OCI Holdings and HD Hyundai Energy Solution are linked to data center demand.
• An oil price spike causing a market crash would be a last buying opportunity.