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
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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.
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.
The KOSPI closed Thursday, July 30 (2026) at 5,593.56, off 1.23% on a day-high-to-low swing of 429.41 points (7.74%), as Samsung Electro-Mechanics shed 14.58% and Jusung Engineering fell 15.33% on the KOSDAQ, which lost 2.70% to close at 644.78.Foreigners were net buyers on the session—₩1.33tn on th