Korea’s equity market delivered one of its larger weekly advances in the 2026 data set, with the KOSPI gaining +11.49% to close at 6,977.94 — ranked 2nd out of 32 weeks by weekly return.Foreign buying drove the bulk of the move, concentrated on Wednesday and Thursday when foreigners net bought ₩2.84
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The KOSPI closed at 6,977.94 on Friday, August 14 (2026), rising 2.42% on the day, as foreign investors posted net purchases of ₩30.39bn on KOSPI — running against the 2026 Friday average net sell pattern — while autos, electronics/components, and consumer names all gained more than 3%.KOSDAQ, by co
The KOSPI closed Friday, August 14 (2026) at 6,967.62, up 2.26% on the day, after ranging from a session low of 6,848.43 at 10:34 to a high of 7,010.86 at 09:02 — a intraday swing of 162.43 points (2.37%).The KOSDAQ settled at 864.91, up 0.41%, with a wider intraday range of 33.88 points (4.01%) bet
Friday, August 14 (2026) opens with overnight U.S. and Nikkei futures all in the green, and Thursday’s NXT aftermarket data showing Samsung Electro-Mechanics up 12.06%, SK hynix up 4.45%, and Samsung Electronics up 2.74% — a strong directional signal from the semiconductor complex.The central questi
The KOSPI closed at 6,579.04 on Wednesday, August 12 (2026), rising +3.68% as foreign investors posted net KOSPI purchases of ₩2,835.4bn — their largest single-day buy in the current week — concentrated in Samsung Electronics (+6.68%) and SK hynix (+5.54%).Multiple inputs converged on the same day:
The KOSPI closed Wednesday, August 12 (2026) at 6,579.04, up 3.68%, after swinging across a 254.93-point intraday range (3.97%) between a session low of 6,413.50 and a high of 6,668.43.The KOSDAQ added 0.12% to close at 858.91, oscillating within a narrower 2.49% band — the two markets diverged shar
Tuesday, August 11 (2026) closed with Samsung Electronics up 4.13% to ₩239,500 and SK hynix edging 0.35% higher to ₩1,425,000, while the defense and shipbuilding cluster — Korea Aerospace Industries, Hanwha Ocean, Hyundai Rotem, Hanwha Systems — gave back between 5.57% and 12.07%.Wednesday’s open ar
The KOSPI closed Tuesday, August 11 (2026) at 6,345.53, up +0.73%, defying an overnight SOX decline of –2.94% that anchored The Silmari’s morning call for a drop of –1.5% to –2.5% — that call missed.The session’s internal divide was stark: Samsung Electronics surged +4.13% and drew ₩5.51tn in turnov
Monday, August 10 (2026) ended with a tale of two markets: the KOSPI inched up 0.65% to 6,299.66 while the KOSDAQ vaulted 6.97% to 854.47, one of the sharpest single-day divergences between the two benchmarks this year.Alteogen (+14.1%), defense equipment names, and a broad sweep of KOSDAQ small-cap
The KOSPI closed Monday, August 10 (2026) at 6,299.66, up 0.65%, swinging through a 161.61-point intraday range — a 2.59% spread from trough to peak — as the index opened at 6,306.33, tagged a high of 6,394.06, and gave back gains to close near session lows.The KOSDAQ was the session’s defining stor