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
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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
The KOSPI opened at 6,292 on Monday, August 10 (2026), briefly spiked to a session high of 6,394 at 09:13 before reversing sharply, and was trading near 6,297 at 10:00 — still above Friday’s close but well off the morning peak.The KOSDAQ traced a different path: it found its low of 807.66 at the ope
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index closed up 2.56% on Friday, August 7 (2026), while the S&P 500 added 0.62% and the Nasdaq rose 1.30% — giving Korean equities a constructive overnight backdrop as Monday’s session, August 10 (2026), approaches.At the same time, the 2026-regime day-of-week record f
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
The KOSPI closed at 6,258.77 on Friday, August 7 (2026), down 0.60% on a session that swung 256.87 points — a high-to-low range of 4.17% — before settling into a narrow band above 6,250 through the close.The KOSDAQ finished at 798.81, off 0.36%, having also traced a 4.92% intraday range before recov
The KOSPI closed Friday, August 7 (2026) at 6,258.77, down 0.60%, after swinging through an intraday range of 256.87 points — from a session low of 6,158.73 struck around 10:40 to a high of 6,415.60 at the open.The KOSDAQ fell 0.36% to 798.81, spanning a 38.2-point range; several events coincided on
The KOSPI closed Friday, August 7 (2026) at 6,187.16, down 1.73%, after carving a 4.17% intraday range between a session high of 6,415.60 at 09:09 and a low of 6,158.73 at 10:40.The KOSDAQ fell 2.92% to 778.30, its intraday swing spanning 4.92% from a high of 814.80 to a low of 776.60, both indices
The KOSPI gapped down at the open on Friday, August 7 (2026), printing 6,359 at 9:00 before selling pressure drove the index to an intraday trough of 6,264 at 9:41 — a swing of more than 150 points from the session’s early high of 6,416 reached at 9:09.A partial recovery lifted the index back toward