Hanwha Ocean (042660) closed the session higher on the 14th, ahead of the weekend and a substitute holiday, drawing attention to the stock's movement on the 18th, the first trading day of the new week. During the session, the share price surged to just below the 100,000-won mark, heightening expectations for a re-entry into the so-called '100,000-won Ocean' territory.

In the regular session on the 14th, Hanwha Ocean finished at 95,800 won, up 5,100 won (5.62%) from the previous trading day. Notably, the stock rose as high as 99,500 won intraday, leaving it only 500 won short of the 100,000-won threshold. With the stock once again standing before the 100,000-won level for the first time since July 6, whether it will surpass this price point in the session on the 18th, which opens after the holiday break, has emerged as a key point of interest.

■ Trump's Shipbuilding Policy, a Future Variable for Stock Prices

Attention is also focused on how U.S. policy changes surrounding the shipbuilding industry will affect future stock prices and investment sentiment in related sectors. U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed a memorandum allowing foreign shipbuilders that construct new shipyards in the United States or secure ownership or majority stakes in existing U.S. shipyards to build two U.S. Navy vessels at their own shipyards.

The process of this policy materializing into actual orders and business opportunities, along with its impact on the domestic shipbuilding industry, is expected to remain one of the stock price variables not only in the market on the 14th but also in future sessions. As expectations over the policy announcement itself and the actual realization of business benefits need to be examined separately, attention is expected to turn to follow-up measures and the concrete progress of business developments.

■ New York Stock Market's Movement on the 17th Also a Checkpoint

External variables also remain. While the domestic stock market pauses for the holiday break, the movement of the New York Stock Exchange on the 17th (local time) will need to be watched.

Whether Hanwha Ocean, which climbed to the 100,000-won threshold just before the holidays, will make '100,000-won Ocean' a reality again on the 18th, or show volatility amid its short-term rally, is expected to emerge as a key point of interest early in the new week.

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