On the morning of Thursday, 27 August 2026, KOSPI opened at 6,996.12 and that opening print was also the morning high. It slipped to 6,841.88 before recovering to 6,936.01 as of 11:46, up +1.88% on the day.KOSDAQ traced a different shape — it opened at 828.42, dipped to 824.22, then rose to 836.03,
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As of 09:47 KST, KOSPI stands at +1.39% and KOSDAQ at +0.65%.After three sessions of going their own ways, the two are moving together today.The US cash session was flat overnight and only futures rose afterwards; the open followed the direction the futures pointed.
It is Thursday, 27 August 2026, before the open in Seoul.The US cash session hardly moved overnight: the S&P 500 -0.02%, the Nasdaq -0.08%, the Dow -0.21% and the SOX semiconductor index +0.2%.Futures rose afterwards, with Nasdaq 100 futures +0.61% and S&P 500 futures +0.28%, both above the
KOSPI closed at 6,808.21, up +0.97%, and KOSDAQ at 826.87, down -0.03%. The two have split for a third day, though KOSDAQ finished close to flat.On a day the index rose, retail investors sold a net -22,461 hundred million won on KOSPI, absorbed by investment firms at +7,706 and institutions at +7,61
The exchange’s confirmed close is 6,808.21 for KOSPI (+0.97%) and 826.87 for KOSDAQ (-0.03%), verified against two sources.The closing edition carried provisional values, noting at the time that the sources disagreed and might be reconciled. They were.After the close, on the alternative trading syst
KOSPI closed at 6,841.56, up +1.47%, and KOSDAQ at 826.4, down -0.09%. The two split again today, though KOSDAQ finished close to flat.On a day the index rose, retail investors sold a net -22,423 hundred million won on KOSPI, absorbed by institutions at +7,604 and investment firms at +6,752.Today’s
As of 11:46 KST, KOSPI stands at +1.94% and KOSDAQ at -0.26%.Two hours earlier, in the morning-session edition, KOSPI had only just crossed into positive territory; it has widened considerably since. KOSDAQ remains in negative territory.What is lifting KOSPI is semiconductors: SK hynix at +1.55% on
As of 09:46 KST, KOSPI stands at +0.16% and KOSDAQ at -0.71%. Both are moving in a narrow range.Against that quiet, SK Innovation is down -14.08% near the top of KOSPI turnover, having reached a low of -14.8%.Overnight the US rose, with the SOX semiconductor index +1.44% and the Nasdaq +0.66%, and K
It is Wednesday, 26 August 2026, before the open in Seoul.Overnight the SOX semiconductor index rose +1.44%, with the Nasdaq +0.66%, the S&P 500 +0.32% and the Dow +0.3% all higher.EWY, the US-listed Korea ETF that previews the foreign view, rose +3.75% — the largest of them.Yesterday the
As of 11:46 KST, KOSPI stands at -2.21% and KOSDAQ at +2.33%.Two hours earlier, in the morning-session edition, KOSPI was already down and KOSDAQ already up: the direction of the split is unchanged and only the gap has widened on both sides.On the KOSPI side Samsung Electronics is down to -7.64%, an