As of 09:45 KST, KOSPI stands at -1.47% and KOSDAQ at +1.43%.The two also split last Friday, when KOSPI rose and KOSDAQ fell; today they have split again with the directions reversed.What is pulling KOSPI down is Samsung Electronics, at -6.48% while holding first place by trading value.
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It is Monday, 24 August 2026, before the open in Seoul.Overnight futures barely moved: S&P 500 futures +0.23%, Nasdaq 100 futures 0.00% and Nikkei (CME) futures -0.2%, measured on the 05:00 KST bar of 22 August against the 15:00 KST bar of 21 August.In Friday’s US cash session the Dow rose +0.98
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The KOSPI closed at 6,852.58 on Thursday, August 20 (2026), +5.89% — a session-wide reversal following Wednesday’s steep decline, driven by double-digit gains in SK hynix and Samsung Electronics.Foreigners were net buyers of ₩1,706.8bn on the KOSPI, reversing two prior days of selling, while retail
The KOSPI closed at 6,851.33 on Thursday, August 20 (2026), up 5.87% on the day, as foreign investors posted net purchases of ₩1,707.9bn on the KOSPI (preliminary, collected at 15:53 KST; final figures are expected by 18–20:00 KST tonight).The KOSDAQ added +1.80% to close at 839.27, though it traded
The KOSPI closed Thursday, August 20 (2026) at 6,880.81, up 6.33% on the day, as SK hynix and Samsung Electronics led a broad semiconductor recovery after Wednesday’s 5.80% selloff.The morning session saw the index dip to an intraday low of 6,600.09 at 09:08 before rallying to a high of 6,902.46 at
Thursday, August 20 (2026) opens under the shadow of the prior session’s sharp decline, with the crash-precursor score at 3, SOX down 2.12% overnight, and unresolved margin-loan overhang — while broad U.S. equity futures point modestly higher and the Treasury’s debt-buyback expansion capped bond yie
The KOSPI closed at 6,471.17 on Wednesday, August 19 (2026), shedding 5.8% as a surge in long-end U.S. Treasury yields — the 30-year briefly crossing 5.33% — amplified an already-weak overnight SOX reading of −4.98% into a broad rout led by SK hynix (−9.75%) and Samsung Electronics (−7.82%).KOSDAQ c