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
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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
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
Wall Street’s Friday session delivered broad gains led by semiconductors, lifting the Korea ETF above 166 — a constructive external backdrop heading into a week that saw the KOSPI swing nearly 10 percentage points from peak to trough.Foreign investors were net sellers of ₩2.87tn on the KOSPI last we
The week opened with a shock: Monday’s 5.12% KOSPI plunge was met by foreign net selling of ₩1.52tn, even as KOSDAQ defied the rout with a 2.44% gain.Tuesday and Wednesday saw partial recovery — SOX-linked buying lifted the index 1.62% and then 3.76% — before Thursday delivered a second heavy blow o
The KOSPI closed Friday, August 7 (2026) at 6,258.77, down 0.60%, after swinging across a 256.87-point intraday range that took the index from a morning high of 6,415.60 to a mid-session low of 6,158.73 before a partial recovery.Foreigners were net sellers of ₩865.1bn on KOSPI and ₩252.2bn on KOSDAQ