# Stock boom, currency bust: Korea's uneven market rally may spill into 2026 | Aju Press

> South Korea's KOSPI closed 2025 at 4,214.17, up 75.6%, driven by semiconductor, shipbuilding and defense stocks. The won weakened sharply over the same year, creating a divergence between equities and the currency.

- Date: 2025-12-31 · published 2025-12-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21758-stock-boom-currency-bust-korea-s-uneven-market-rally-may-spill-into-2026-aju
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Weakness in the won through 2025 raised the won cost of dollar-priced feed imports for Korean buyers. The article covers financial markets rather than feed supply, so its direct impact on feed prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- USDKRW: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ajupress.com: https://www.ajupress.com/view/20251231162139758

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