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.
KOSPI touched a high of 6,393 at 9:01 a.m., slid to a low of 6,231 by 9:29, and as of 10:22 is oscillating near 6,316.KOSDAQ ran the opposite path — a 9:13 low of 705, then a steady climb to hold the 740 range as of 10:22 — the two markets moved in clearly different directions through the morning.
At 9 a.m. on Monday, August 3 (2026), KOSPI opened with a downward gap at 6,325, slid to 6,231.66 at 09:29, and as of 10:22 is trading around 6,316.97.KOSDAQ went the opposite way — opening at 707.26, touching a high of 740.51 at 10:06, and holding near 740.09, a clearly different path from KOSPI.
Today is Monday. In the 2026 regime, Monday’s average KOSPI move is -0.33% with a 59% probability of gains (a sample of 27 days) — the lowest upside expectation of any weekday in this regime.Overnight the S&P500 closed +0.7% and the Nasdaq +1.0%, but EWY, the Korea ETF, went into the weekend down -2
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%, 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