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Coverage of Korea's stock markets, including the KOSPI index, major listed companies and daily trading activity.
Foreign investors have sold a net 203.7 trillion won of KOSPI stocks this year, about 176 trillion won of it in Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. Hyundai Motor Securities lists four possible reversal triggers but expects no quick turn.
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KOSPI closed down 5.46% at 6,035.35 on Oct. 13, a fifth straight losing session, as foreigners sold a net 4.51 trillion won of stocks. Yonhap cites AI and inflation worries, but the named causes are OpenAI revenue, finished chip buybacks and a Chinese rival, with U.S. CPI still due.
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Korea's won weakened 0.75% to 1,345.1 per dollar on a day foreign investors sold more than 4.5 trillion won of Kospi shares in a 5.46% fall. Exporters' dollar sales blunted the demand for dollars, Korea JoongAng Daily reported, so a short-won hedge recovered little of the equity loss.
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KOSPI fell 3.65% to 6,384.24 on Monday, a fourth straight losing session, with Samsung Electronics and SK hynix each down more than 4%. Whether their buybacks are over rests on one Hana Securities analyst's hedged note.
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KOSPI opened 3.1% lower at 6,186.08 on Tuesday, down 198.16 points, Yonhap and Seoul Economic Daily both reported. Yonhap blamed U.S. tech losses, but the Nasdaq fell only 0.44% overnight, so the drop is larger than its stated cause.
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