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.
Last week KOSPI swung through three days of extremes before finishing the week at a Friday close of 6,595.45.All three US indices ended Friday higher, but the Korean exchange-traded fund (EWY) went the other way at -2.55%, and the US 10-year Treasury yield rising to 4.74% is one of the variables tha
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
The KOSPI closed Friday, July 31 (2026) at 6,595.45, up 17.91% on the day, with an intraday range of 1,001.01 points (17.78%) — the open printed 5,657.79 and the high reached 6,630.77 before the index settled just below that peak.The KOSDAQ added 11.63% to close at 719.76, as semiconductor-equipment
The KOSPI closed Friday, July 31 (2026) at 6,595.45, up 17.91%, after swinging from an intraday low of 5,629.76 to a high of 6,630.77 — a peak-to-trough range of 1,001.01 points, or 17.78%.The KOSDAQ added 11.63% to close at 719.76, with foreigners and institutions both in net-buy territory across b
The KOSPI closed Friday, July 31 (2026) up 17.91% at 6,595.45, swinging across a high-to-low range of 1,001.01 points (17.78%) before settling near session highs.Foreign investors posted net buying of ₩7,241.0bn on KOSPI today — flipping from net sellers over the prior month (₩9,861.8bn net sold in
The KOSPI closed Friday, July 31 (2026) at 6,595.45, a gain of +17.91% on the day, after swinging from an intraday low of 5,629.76 to a high of 6,630.77 — a peak-to-trough range of 1,001.01 points, or 17.78% of the open.The KOSDAQ added +11.63% to close at 719.76, with its own intraday range of 60.3
Thursday, July 30 (2026) delivered the sharpest single-day advance in the KOSPI data on record for this dataset, with the index closing at 6,595.45, up 17.91%, driven by a broad semiconductor rally that pulled nearly every sector into the green.Foreign investors posted net buying of ₩7.24tn on KOSPI