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
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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.
KOSPI touched a high of 6,393 at 9:01 a.m., slid to a low of 6,231 by 9:29, and as of 10:22 is oscillating near 6,316.KOSDAQ ran the opposite path — a 9:13 low of 705, then a steady climb to hold the 740 range as of 10:22 — the two markets moved in clearly different directions through the morning.
At 9 a.m. on Monday, August 3 (2026), KOSPI opened with a downward gap at 6,325, slid to 6,231.66 at 09:29, and as of 10:22 is trading around 6,316.97.KOSDAQ went the opposite way — opening at 707.26, touching a high of 740.51 at 10:06, and holding near 740.09, a clearly different path from KOSPI.
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
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
On Tuesday 28 July 2026 KOSPI closed at 6,023.66, down 10.84% in a single day.The intraday low of 5,992.91 came at 15:12, and KOSDAQ also closed at 705.85, down -7.72% — both indices set their highs just after the open and fell all day.