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KOSPI Opens Strong, Then Retreats Below 7,000 by Late Morning
The KOSPI opened at 7,131.30 and reached an intraday high of 7,216.62 at 09:39, then sold off steadily through the late-morning session, touching a low of 6,894.59 at 11:45 — a round-trip intraday swing of 321.77 points, or 2.28% peak-to-trough.The KOSDAQ followed a similar arc, peaking at 872.59 around 10:15 before pulling back to 845.95 near 11:46; confirmed closes of 7,057.12 (+1.13%) and 858.40 (−0.72%) reflect where prices settled after the afternoon session — figures that cannot be inferred from this midday snapshot.
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SK hynix Leads KOSPI Turnover at ₩5.03tn; Heavy Selling Pressure Across Most Large-Caps by Late Morning
Among KOSPI’s top-ten names by turnover, SK hynix led with roughly ₩5,035bn traded; it opened at ₩1,736,000, hit a high of ₩1,792,000 at 09:39, then retreated to a low of ₩1,668,000 by 11:33, with a last reading at 11:52 of ₩1,686,000 — the confirmed close of +1.46% comes from the full session.Samsung Electronics traded approximately ₩3,323bn; it opened at ₩283,500, touched ₩288,000 at 09:38, then fell to ₩268,000 by 11:45 — a single-stock intraday range of ₩20,000, underscoring how concentrated selling pressure was in the late-morning session.
| Stock | Prior close | Open | Gap | High (time) | 12:00 Current Price | Change | Low (time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK hynix | 1,645,000 | 1,736,000 | +5.53% | 1,792,000 (09:39) | 1,672,000 (12:00) | +1.64% | 1,668,000 (11:33) |
| Samsung Electronics | 274,500 | 283,000 | +3.10% | 288,000 (09:38) | 269,500 (12:00) | −1.82% | 268,000 (11:45) |
| Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 1,558,000 | 1,574,000 | +1.03% | 1,595,000 (09:01) | 1,483,000 (12:00) | −4.81% | 1,477,000 (11:44) |
| Samsung Electronics (Pref.) | 195,600 | 197,500 | +0.97% | 202,000 (09:38) | 190,400 (12:00) | −2.66% | 189,700 (11:45) |
| SK Square | 1,154,000 | 1,200,000 | +3.99% | 1,265,000 (09:39) | 1,166,000 (12:00) | +1.04% | 1,158,000 (11:45) |
| LG Electronics | 215,000 | 225,500 | +4.88% | 231,500 (09:01) | 212,500 (12:00) | −1.16% | 211,500 (11:45) |
| Hyundai Motor | 453,000 | 459,500 | +1.43% | 459,500 (09:01) | 440,500 (12:00) | −2.76% | 439,000 (11:45) |
| SK eternix | 58,300 | 59,300 | +1.72% | 61,300 (10:15) | 58,600 (12:00) | +0.51% | 56,700 (09:05) |
| Hanwha Aerospace | 1,160,000 | 1,124,000 | −3.10% | 1,167,000 (10:06) | 1,138,000 (12:00) | −1.90% | 1,121,000 (09:01) |
| Foosung | 12,400 | 12,410 | +0.08% | 14,740 (09:22) | 12,810 (12:00) | +3.31% | 12,710 (11:46) |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics opened at ₩1,590,000 but its intraday high of ₩1,595,000 came at 09:00 — meaning it sold off from the very first minute — reaching ₩1,477,000 by 11:44.SK Eternix bucked the pattern: its low of ₩56,700 came at 09:05 and its high of ₩61,300 at 10:15, the only name in the top-ten list where the intraday low preceded the high by more than an hour.
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KOSPI closed up +1.13% on the confirmed print, but breadth told a different story — eleven of twelve tracked sectors finished in the red by midday.
On the KOSPI, the confirmed session closed up +1.13%, yet by midday eleven of twelve tracked sectors showed negative readings, with construction & infrastructure (−3.65%), AI & software (−3.73%), and autos (−2.57%) among the weakest; energy & chemicals (+0.72%) was the lone sector in positive territory.Among KOSPI movers with turnover above ₩100bn, Samwon Kongjo rose +29.92% and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance gained +9.59%, while Isu Chemical fell −11.95% and Samsung Epis Holdings dropped −7.84%; on the KOSDAQ, Ingenium Therapeutics (Reg.S) surged +15.83% while ESAMT fell −18.48%.