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
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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
The KOSPI added +0.73% on Tuesday, August 11 (2026), closing at 6,345.53 after swinging across a 192.03-point intraday range — from a session low of 6,213.78 at 09:07 to a high of 6,405.81 in the early afternoon.The KOSDAQ gained +0.39% to close at 857.84, having traded within a 34.71-point band (lo
By midday Tuesday, August 11 (2026), the KOSPI was trading around 6,370.04 — up +1.12% from Monday’s close, having recovered from a session low of 6,213.78 struck at 09:07.The KOSDAQ eased to 852.06, down −0.28% from Monday — the two boards moving in opposite directions at the noon mark (as of 12:00
The KOSPI gapped down at the open on Tuesday, August 11 (2026), with the index touching a session low of 6,213.78 at 09:07 before recovering to the 6,240–6,278 range through mid-morning, as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had fallen 2.94% in the prior U.S. session.The KOSDAQ, by contrast, opene
Tuesday, August 11 (2026) opens under the shadow of a 2.94% drop in the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index on Monday — the sharpest pressure point for a market where semiconductors account for the heaviest index weight.Against that, Tuesday carries the most constructive day-of-week profile in the curr
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
South Korean equities closed broadly higher on Monday, August 10 (2026), with the KOSDAQ posting a gain of +6.97% to 854.47 while the KOSPI added +0.65% to settle at 6,299.66.The KOSPI ranged 161.61 points intraday (6,232.45–6,394.06, a 2.59% swing), while the KOSDAQ swung 47.72 points (807.66–855.3
Monday, August 10 (2026): the KOSDAQ posted a +4.08% gain — closing at 831.38 — while the KOSPI added just +0.41% to finish at 6,284.12, with the gap between the two the defining feature of the morning session.Intraday, the KOSPI printed a session high of 6,394.06 in the opening minutes before retre