KOSPI Surges Past 8,100 Intraday... Foreign Investors Turn Net Buyers

KOSPI Sets New All-Time High at 8,131.15 During Session
"3 Million Won" and "2 Million Won" Levels Maintained
KOSDAQ Trading at 1,175.60

Expectations for a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran pushed the KOSPI index above the 8,100 mark during intraday trading. Foreign investors, who had maintained a selling streak for 12 consecutive trading days, also turned to net buyers.

Yonhap News Agency

As of 1:46 p.m. on the 26th, the KOSPI was trading at 8,080.17, up 232.46 points (2.96%) from the previous trading day. During the session, the index set a new all-time high at 8,131.15.

On rising hopes for an end to the war in the Middle East, foreign investors, who had been net sellers for 12 consecutive trading days, switched to net buyers, posting 611.268 billion won in net purchases. Institutional investors were also net buyers with 1.6466808 trillion won, while retail investors recorded net selling of 2.142687 trillion won.

Performance by sector was mixed. Electric & Electronics (+4.62%), Transportation Equipment & Parts (+3.82%), Manufacturing (+3.90%), and Medical & Precision Instruments (+2.02%) were on the rise, while Textiles & Apparel (-3.30%), Insurance (-2.47%), Food, Beverage & Tobacco (-2.22%), and Non-metallic Minerals (-1.08%) were declining.

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which rank first and second in market capitalization, continued to hold their respective "3 million won" and "2 million won" price levels. Samsung Electronics was trading at 300,000 won, up 2.5% (7,500 won) from the previous trading day, while SK hynix rose 7.0% (137,000 won) to 2,078,000 won.

Among the top market cap stocks, LG Innotek (+22.3%), Samsung Electro-Mechanics (+17.8%), Doosan (+12.0%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (+10.0%), and Hanwha Ocean (+8.7%) were all surging, while Samsung Life Insurance (-4.5%), Hyosung Heavy Industries (-3.2%), and KT&G (-3.0%) were on the decline.

The KOSDAQ index was trading at 1,175.60, up 14.47 points (1.25%). Foreign investors and institutions were net sellers, with net sales of 133.794 billion won and 35.075 billion won respectively, while individual investors posted net purchases of 203.127 billion won.

By sector, Distribution (+4.39%), Chemicals (+2.08%), Transportation Equipment & Parts (+2.04%), and Machinery & Equipment (+1.99%) were strong, while Textiles & Apparel (-3.84%), Entertainment & Culture (-2.01%), and Construction (-1.47%) were weak.

Among major market cap stocks, EcoPro BM (+2.3%) and EcoPro (+1.0%) were trending upward, with ISC (+14.5%), HPSP (+11.5%), Jusung Engineering (+5.8%), and Peptron (+4.8%) also showing strength. In contrast, Padu (-9.2%), EO Technics (-5.5%), Voronoi (-2.4%), and ABL Bio (-1.9%) were weaker.

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