South Korean Software Defensive Blue Chips

Bank Hapoalim B.M

Market Cap: ₪102.1b

Provides various banking and financial services in Israel, North America, Europe, and internationally.

Heidelberg Materials

Market Cap: €28.4b

Produces and distributes cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, and asphalt worldwide.

GE HealthCare Technologies

Market Cap: US$32.3b

Engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of products, services, and complementary digital solutions used in the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

Invest bank P.S.C

Market Cap: د.إ118.4b

A commercial bank, provides a range of financial products and services to corporate and retail customers in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.

Dai-ichi Life Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥5.1t

Through its subsidiaries, provides insurance products in Japan, the United States, and internationally.

Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food

Market Cap: CN¥218.3b

Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food Company Ltd.

Japan Post Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥5.0t

Provides postal, banking, and insurance services in Japan.

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics

Market Cap: CN¥216.0b

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.

Atmos Energy

Market Cap: US$31.2b

Engages in the regulated natural gas distribution, and pipeline and storage businesses in the United States.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero)

Market Cap: Rp528.6t

Provides various banking products and services in Indonesia and internationally.

Talanx

Market Cap: €27.3b

Provides insurance and reinsurance products and services worldwide.

Huntington Bancshares

Market Cap: US$31.0b

Operates as the bank holding company for The Huntington National Bank that provides commercial, consumer, and mortgage banking services.

Ping An Bank

Market Cap: CN¥212.1b

Provides commercial banking products and services for individual and corporate customers, government agencies, institutions, and other small businesses in China and internationally.

Power Corporation of Canada

Market Cap: CA$42.1b

An international management and holding company, provides financial services in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Adani Power

Market Cap: ₹2.8t

Engages in the generation, transmission, and sale of electricity under long term power purchase agreements (PPAs), supplemental PPAs, medium and short term PPAs, and on merchant basis in India.

China Unicom (Hong Kong)

Market Cap: HK$238.4b

An investment holding company, provides telecommunications and related value-added services in the People’s Republic of China.

Amrize

Market Cap: CHF 24.1b

Engages in the provision of various building solutions for infrastructure, commercial, and residential construction markets in North America.

Power Grid Corporation of India

Market Cap: ₹2.8t

An electric power transmission utility, engages in the power transmission business in India and internationally.

Fresenius SE KGaA

Market Cap: €26.4b

A health care company, provides products and services for chronically ill patients.

Bank of Ningbo

Market Cap: CN¥205.7b

Provides various personal and business banking products and services in the People's Republic of China.

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai)

Market Cap: CN¥205.3b

MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

CGN Power

Market Cap: HK$232.0b

Operates and manages nuclear power stations, sells electricity generated by these stations, and provides related technical services in the People’s Republic of China.

Hang Seng Bank

Market Cap: US$29.6b

Provides various banking and related financial services to individual, corporate, commercial, and small and medium sized enterprise customers in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and internationally.

Ørsted

Market Cap: DKK 193.5b

Owns, develops, constructs, and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, and energy storage and combined heat and power (CHP) plants.

Seven & i Holdings

Market Cap: JP¥4.7t

Operates convenience stores, superstores, and department stores in Japan, North America, and internationally.

Veeva Systems

Market Cap: US$29.4b

Provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Swiss Life Holding

Market Cap: CHF 23.2b

Provides life, pensions, and financial solutions for private and corporate clients.

Grupo Financiero Banorte. de

Market Cap: Mex$524.8b

Through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of banking and financial products and services in Mexico and internationally.

M&T Bank

Market Cap: US$29.1b

Operates as a bank holding company for Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association that provides retail and commercial banking products and services in the United States.

STMicroelectronics

Market Cap: €25.4b

Designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

Dollar General

Market Cap: US$29.0b

A discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.

Svenska Handelsbanken

Market Cap: SEK 274.5b

Provides various banking products and services for private and corporate customers primarily in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands, and internationally.

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski Spólka Akcyjna

Market Cap: zł108.2b

Provides various banking products and services in Poland and internationally.

CEZ a. s

Market Cap: Kč617.3b

Engages in the generation, distribution, trade, and sale of electricity, heat, thermal energy and other commodities in Western, Central, and Southeastern Europe.

Shinhan Financial Group

Market Cap: ₩43.1t

Provides financial products and services in South Korea and internationally.

Bank of Jiangsu

Market Cap: CN¥197.3b

Provides various banking products and services in China.