On Wednesday, August 5 (2026), KOSPI closed at 6,598.26, up +3.76% from the prior day, and KOSDAQ rose +2.42% to 799.59.With the US Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) up +6.55% the prior day, foreign investors and institutions bought KOSPI at the same time, and the semiconductor, power, construc
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Overnight, the US semiconductor index (SOX) surged +6.55%, the S&P500 closed +1.79%, and the Nasdaq +2.59%.EWY, the Korea ETF, gained +6.8% from the prior day, and in the current 2026 regime KOSPI has risen on 79% of the past 28 Wednesdays.
KOSPI closed at -5.12% while KOSDAQ finished at +2.44%, leaving the two indices more than 7.56pp apart.Foreign investors were net sellers of ₩1.52tn on KOSPI and Samsung Electronics and SK hynix fell -6.48% and -5.59%, while buying gathered in non-semiconductor small caps such as construction and in
On Monday, August 3 (2026), KOSPI plunged –5.12% to close at 6,257.45, while KOSDAQ rose +2.44% the same day to finish at 737.35 — a day the two indexes closed in opposite directions.While Samsung Electronics (–6.48%) and SK hynix (–5.59%) dragged KOSPI down, non-semiconductor names on KOSDAQ — robo
On Monday, August 3 (2026), KOSPI closed at 6,257.45, down –5.12% from the prior day.KOSDAQ went the other way, rising to 737.35 (+2.44%) — the two markets split cleanly.
Today is Monday. In the 2026 regime, Monday’s average KOSPI move is -0.33% with a 59% probability of gains (a sample of 27 days) — the lowest upside expectation of any weekday in this regime.Overnight the S&P500 closed +0.7% and the Nasdaq +1.0%, but EWY, the Korea ETF, went into the weekend down -2
On Friday, 31 July 2026, the KOSPI opened at 5,657.79, ran as high as 6,630.77 during the session and closed at 6,595.45.The high-low range of 1,001.01 points (17.78%) is an extremely rare amplitude for a single session, and large-cap chipmakers — SK hynix, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Me
Thursday, July 30 (2026) delivered the sharpest single-day advance in the KOSPI data on record for this dataset, with the index closing at 6,595.45, up 17.91%, driven by a broad semiconductor rally that pulled nearly every sector into the green.Foreign investors posted net buying of ₩7.24tn on KOSPI
On Thursday 30 July 2026, KOSPI closed at 5,593.56, down 1.23% from the previous day.During the session it travelled from a high of 5,976.82 to a low of 5,547.41, a range of 429.41 points (7.74%), and the day’s fear and relief both sit inside that swing.
On Wednesday 29 July 2026, KOSPI opened at 6,089.11, fell as far as 5,262.77 during the session and closed at 5,663.24. A change of -5.98% and a high-low range of 965.75 points (18.35%) came out of a single day.KOSDAQ also fell, to 662.68 (-6.12%), and both indices recorded one of the sharpest falls