The KOSPI opened up 4.51% on a US chip rally, triggered the year’s 20th buy-side sidecar, then gave back most of the gain to close at 6,797.70 (+0.74%) as oil and earnings caution weighed. Foreigners bought a net KRW 2.63T.
Korea’s KOSPI jumped 3.56% to 6,747.95 as Samsung Electronics surged 6.15% and chip stocks led a rebound, tripping the year’s 19th buy-side sidecar. Foreign and institutional buying drove the bounce after a brutal three-week slide.
Korea runs two very different stock markets under one exchange operator. This guide explains how KOSPI and KOSDAQ differ in listing rules, sector mix, investor base, and tradable products – and walks through how to read the foreign-flow data that drives both.
Korea’s KOSPI fell 4.46% to 6,516.27 and the KOSDAQ lost 5.33% as semiconductor demand worries and US-Iran tensions triggered sell-side sidecars on both exchanges. Institutions led the selling while individuals and foreign investors bought the dip.
Tujaja yetakgeum — the cash retail investors keep parked at Korean brokerages — is the market’s most-watched measure of buying capacity. Here is what it measures, where KOFIA publishes it, and how to read it alongside margin loans without fooling yourself.
The KOSPI fell 6.37% to 6,820.60 as SK hynix dropped 11.5% and Samsung Electronics 8.8%, extending a July that has already seen six sessions with moves larger than 5% — on a day that also brought a Bank of Korea rate decision.
Korea’s KOSPI jumped 7.01% to 7,284.41 after a softer US CPI print eased Fed tightening fears, tripping buy sidecars on both exchanges. Foreign investors bought roughly $1.6 billion of KOSPI shares, but the index remains about 14% below its June 30 level.
The KOSPI rebounded 0.73% to 6,856.83 as foreign and institutional buyers scooped up semiconductor stocks after Monday’s 8.95% crash, while the KOSDAQ sank to a fresh year low. The Bank of Korea decides rates on Thursday.
Korea slows a crashing market in three layers: sidecars pause program trading at a 5% futures move, circuit breakers halt everything at index drops of 8%, 15%, and 20%, and volatility interruptions cool single stocks. Here is how each trigger works, in what order they fire, and how to read the flow data around a halt.
Korea’s KOSPI plunged 8.95% to 6,806.93 on Monday, triggering the year’s seventh circuit breaker, as SK hynix fell 15.4% and Samsung Electronics 10.7% on Middle East tensions and a leveraged-ETF flow shock.