Jan 25: 4 Strong Themes — Natural Gas Utilities, Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe

January 25, 2022 · #Natural Gas Utilities #Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe #COVID #Defense & War

4 strong themes — 3 recurred · 1 new. Top: Natural Gas Utilities +18.8%.

Strong themes4 Top change+18.8% LeaderGse

Average change by strong theme

Average change of member stocks, by theme · descending
Natural Gas Utilities
+18.8%
Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe
+14.7%
COVID
+7.8%
Defense & War
+5.6%

Theme leaders · recent trend

The line is the trend; the end-point colour is the last trading day's direction. Stocks without enough price history show as -
ThemeLeaderChangeTrend
Natural Gas UtilitiesGse+24.60%
Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel PipeDae Dong Steel+21.72%
COVIDHumasis+9.16%
Defense & WarHanilForgingIndustrial+8.75%

On Jan 25, four themes stood out as strong, and every stock in them closed higher. Natural Gas Utilities topped the list with an average change of 18.76%.

Gse led Natural Gas Utilities with a 24.6% gain. In Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe, all 5 stocks rose, with Histeel up 29.83%.

Headlines tied the steel and gas moves to rising tension over Ukraine. Elsewhere, Humasis led COVID with a 9.16% gain after news of a test kit supply contract.

Today’s Strong Themes at a Glance

#ThemeStatusAvg. changeUp/TotalLeader
1Natural Gas Utilitiesrecurred after 12 days+18.8%2/2Gse
2Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipenew+14.7%5/5Dae Dong Steel
3COVIDrecurred after 29 days+7.8%4/4Humasis
4Defense & Warrecurred after 4 days+5.6%3/3HanilForgingIndustrial

Theme by Theme

1. Natural Gas Utilities (recurred after 12 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
Gse 053050+24.6%3,850★
Daesung Energy 117580+12.9%9,440

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2. Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe (new)

StockChangeCloseLeader
Histeel 071090+29.8%3,395
Dae Dong Steel 048470+21.7%6,780★
NI Steel 008260+8.0%3,800
Hanil Iron & Steel 002220+7.1%3,095
Samhyun Steel 017480+6.7%5,880

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3. COVID (recurred after 29 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
Humasis 205470+9.2%24,970★
NanoenTek 039860+8.8%7,450
BNC Korea 256840+7.9%19,850
GH Advanced Materials 130500+5.4%8,040

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4. Defense & War (recurred after 4 days)

StockChangeCloseLeader
HanilForgingIndustrial 024740+8.8%3,230★
Victek 065450+4.3%6,590
Speco 013810+3.8%6,620

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Closing Thoughts

Three of the four themes reappeared after a gap, while Steel (Small & Mid Cap) / Steel Pipe was new. Natural Gas Utilities returned after 12 days, and Defense & War after 4.

Defense & War posted an average change of 5.59%, led by HanilForgingIndustrial at 8.75%. The data shows the COVID episode extending to Jan 26.