Consumer Stocks Struggle Despite Positive Trends for Chuseok and Mid-Autumn Festival

By Kwon,sung jin Posted : September 23, 2026, 07:20 Updated : September 23, 2026, 07:20
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- As the Chuseok (September 24-27) and Mid-Autumn Festival (September 25-27) holidays approach, consumer stocks are struggling to gain momentum despite positive trends.
- According to the Korea Exchange on September 22, Amorepacific, a leading reopening stock, saw its share price drop by 3.8% compared to August 31.
- The ongoing domestic recession and employment instability in both South Korea and China are cited as key reasons for the lack of strength in reopening stocks.
- However, with major events such as China's National Day (October 1), the domestic K-Sale Festa (October 29-November 15), and China's Singles' Day (November 11) on the horizon, there is potential for a revival in demand for reopening stocks.

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- On September 21, shares of Intel (+12.1%), AMD (+9.9%), and ARM (+17.1%) surged on the New York Stock Exchange, driven by expectations that AI infrastructure investments are rapidly expanding from GPUs to CPUs and memory.
- Meta's AI agent Muse has reached the top of the U.S. App Store downloads, demonstrating the potential for AI services to increase user traffic and revenue.
- The sustained investment in AI infrastructure by hyperscalers is expected to enhance visibility for memory demand in the long term.
- The proliferation of AI agents requires more frequent and sustained inference operations than traditional generative AI, likely leading to a structural increase in memory usage across AI data centers, including HBM, DDR5, and eSSD.

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