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Middle East War… K-Petrochemicals, unstable 'surprise earnings'
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Middle East War… K-Petrochemicals, unstable 'surprise earnings'

Korean petrochemical companies achieved 'surprise earnings' in Q1, partly due to rising naphtha prices from the Middle East war, but the geopolitical instability makes the positive outlook fragile.

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