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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.

Amid a plethora of global market forces, sometimes an unlikely trend emerges. The strength of South Korea’s Kospi is one of those moments, logging a remarkable set of returns since the start of the year.