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
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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
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
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.
The KOSPI closed at 6,579.04 on Wednesday, August 12 (2026), rising +3.68% as foreign investors posted net KOSPI purchases of ₩2,835.4bn — their largest single-day buy in the current week — concentrated in Samsung Electronics (+6.68%) and SK hynix (+5.54%).Multiple inputs converged on the same day:
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
On Wednesday, August 5 (2026), KOSPI finished +2.95% higher at 6,546.64, and KOSDAQ closed at 791.51, up +1.38%.The day after the US semiconductor index (SOX) surged +6.55%, KOSPI’s semiconductor sector rose +6.01%, construction & infrastructure +6.70%, and power & electric +6.63% — several sectors