12:00verdict at this hour
KOSPI widened its gain through the morning; KOSDAQ did not follow
As of 11:46 KST, KOSPI stands at +1.94% and KOSDAQ at -0.26%.Two hours earlier, in the morning-session edition, KOSPI had only just crossed into positive territory; it has widened considerably since. KOSDAQ remains in negative territory.What is lifting KOSPI is semiconductors: SK hynix at +1.55% on Trading ValueThe total money value of shares bought and sold over a period.Being a money figure rather than a share count, it shows where capital concentrated that day. of 21,825 hundred million won, and Samsung Electronics at +1.26% on 19,370.
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As of 11:46 KST — KOSPI 6,873.55 · KOSDAQ 825.0
Top by trading value10— snapshot
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One name at the top of KOSDAQ reversed within the morning
Ingenia Therapeutics is the largest riser near the top of KOSDAQ at +12.62%, having travelled from a low of -1.57% to a high of +14.01%.SillaJen is at -1.86% after a high of +10.98% and a low of -8.45% — a wide swing within the morning before settling in negative territory.Alteogen is at +1.64%, Daehan Telecom at -1.19% and Jusung Engineering at -3.13%.
| Stock | Prior close | Open | Gap | High (time) | 12:00 Current Price | Change | Low (time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK hynix | 1,678,000 | 1,668,000 | −0.60% | 1,735,000 (11:47) | 1,715,000 (12:00) | +2.21% | 1,667,000 (09:01) |
| Samsung Electronics | 257,000 | 256,500 | −0.19% | 264,500 (11:45) | 263,250 (12:00) | +2.43% | 255,500 (09:59) |
| Samsung Electronics (Pref.) | 194,500 | 193,100 | −0.72% | 199,300 (11:46) | 198,400 (12:00) | +2.01% | 192,200 (09:01) |
| Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 1,362,000 | 1,342,000 | −1.47% | 1,348,000 (09:18) | 1,337,000 (12:00) | −1.84% | 1,309,000 (09:55) |
| Doosan Enerbility | 80,700 | 82,900 | +2.73% | 85,700 (11:37) | 84,800 (12:00) | +5.08% | 81,100 (09:01) |
| SK Innovation | 125,000 | 116,600 | −6.72% | 113,300 (09:01) | 108,200 (12:00) | −13.44% | 103,700 (10:30) |
| Daewoo E&C | 17,620 | 18,250 | +3.58% | 19,760 (11:07) | 18,890 (12:00) | +7.21% | 17,480 (09:01) |
| SK Square | 1,060,000 | 1,060,000 | +0.00% | 1,074,000 (11:46) | 1,063,000 (12:00) | +0.28% | 1,027,000 (09:55) |
| Samsung Life Insurance | 285,000 | 293,000 | +2.81% | 312,000 (11:40) | 307,500 (12:00) | +7.89% | 287,000 (09:01) |
| Hanmi Pharmaceutical | 501,000 | 527,000 | +5.19% | 564,000 (09:25) | 536,000 (12:00) | +6.99% | 514,000 (09:09) |
Why these names moved could not be confirmed in today’s data; each is still marked as having no identified driver.The same holds for SK Innovation on the KOSPI side: it has been down by double digits all morning with no reason recorded in the data.No cause is attached here. Once flows and disclosures are filled in after the close, they will be looked at again.
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Japan rose too — though not as much as KOSPI
Japan’s morning session went into its Lunch BreakThe pause in Japanese equity trading from 11:30 to 12:30 local time.Japanese values are frozen during Korea’s midday, so a Japanese index quoted then is a morning-session close. at 11:30 local time. The Nikkei 225 stood at +0.56% and the Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)A fund built to track an index and listed so that it trades like a share.Where the index itself is hard to obtain in real time, the price of a fund tracking it stands in as a proxy. tracking the TOPIXAn index weighting essentially all major Tokyo-listed shares by market value.Unlike the Nikkei 225, which leans on high-priced shares, it shows the breadth of the market. at +0.63%.Korea and Japan are moving the same way, but KOSPI’s +1.94% leads on size — this morning’s strength appears to come from Korean semiconductors rather than the neighbouring market.Elsewhere at the top of KOSPI turnover, Samsung Electro-Mechanics is at -2.42% and SK Square at -0.38%, while Doosan Enerbility is up at +5.7%.Investor flows by stock are not published while the session is open; they are filled in after 18:00 KST today.