Korea’s ADR proxy EWY dropped 2.97% on Thursday, August 6 (2026), even as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index edged up 0.33% and the Nasdaq was nearly flat at −0.06% — a divergence that leaves the KOSPI open with a meaningful gap to close.Friday’s session (2026) carries an additional layer: the won
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The KOSPI shed 4.58% on Thursday, August 6 (2026), closing at 6,296.38 after touching an intraday low of 6,238.32, with the index unable to recover after a swift opening-hour collapse.Foreigners turned net sellers on KOSPI for ₩1,078.6bn — snapping a week of buying — while retail investors absorbed
The KOSPI closed Thursday, August 6 (2026) at 6,296.38, down 4.58% on the day, swinging across a 312.62-point intraday range — a high-low spread of 5.01% — as semiconductor heavyweights bore the brunt of foreign net selling of ₩1.08tn on the session.The KOSDAQ, by contrast, finished at 801.67, up 0.
The KOSPI closed Thursday, August 6 (2026) at 6,296.38, down 4.58% on the day, swinging across a 312.62-point intraday range — equal to 5.01% of the index — as the session peaked at 6,550.94 within the first five minutes before sliding to a low of 6,238.32.The KOSDAQ ended at 801.67, up 0.26%, diver
The KOSPI opened at 6,467 and fell steadily through the morning, touching a session low of 6,320 near 10:01 before edging back to 6,333 by midday — a pattern driven by broad-based foreign net selling of ₩1.08tn on the KOSPI and heavy pressure concentrated in large-cap semiconductors.Construction and
The KOSPI opened Thursday (August 6, 2026) at 6,467.21 and climbed to an intraday high of 6,550.94 within the first five minutes, then reversed sharply — hitting 6,320.11 near 10:01 a.m., a swing of more than 230 points from peak to trough.Semiconductors bore the brunt: SK hynix fell 6.83% and Samsu
Wednesday’s KOSPI plunge of -4.58% to 6,296.38 — on an intraday range of 312.62 points, or 5.01% — left semiconductor names as the session’s primary fault line, with SK hynix off -6.83% and Samsung Electro-Mechanics down -8.63%.Foreign investors were net sellers of ₩1.08tn on KOSPI on the day while
With the semiconductor index (SOX) up +6.55% overnight, KOSPI opened strong and foreign investors led the index with ₩343.3bn in net buying.Beyond semiconductors, construction & infrastructure (+6.70%) and power & electric (+6.63%) ran strong together, while AI & software (-0.48%) was the only decli
On Wednesday, August 5 (2026), KOSPI finished the day at 6,598.26 — up +3.76% from the prior day, leaving a range of 134.39 points (2.05%) between the high of 6,674.66 and the low of 6,540.27.KOSDAQ also rose +2.42% to 799.59, and while foreign investors and institutions propped KOSPI up, retail too
On Wednesday, August 5 (2026), KOSPI closed at 6,598.26, up +3.76% from the prior day, and KOSDAQ rose +2.42% to 799.59.With the US Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) up +6.55% the prior day, foreign investors and institutions bought KOSPI at the same time, and the semiconductor, power, construc