KOSPI Closes Down Over 2% at 8,300 Range... KOSDAQ Rises

The KOSPI closed down by more than 2% on July 1, finishing the session in the 8,300-point range.

On the 1st, an employee is working in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News.

The KOSPI ended trading at 8,303.41, down 173.07 points (2.04%) from the previous session. At one point, it had recovered to the 8,600-point level before dropping as low as 8,143.33.

Individual investors made net purchases totaling 1.7397 trillion won. Foreign investors and institutions recorded net sales of 1.7011 trillion won and 70.4 billion won, respectively.

By sector, construction (up 5.79%), non-metallic materials (up 4.30%), and leisure·culture (up 3.81%) rose, while electrical·electronics (down 3.80%), distribution (down 3.17%), and manufacturing (down 2.75%) declined.

Among the large-cap stocks, Samsung Electronics (down 5.84%), SK hynix (down 3.40%), and Hyundai Motor (down 1.52%) fell, while SK Square (up 3.54%) and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (up 0.96%) rose.

The KOSDAQ closed at 929.35, up 13.17 points (1.44%) from the previous session. Individual investors and institutions recorded net sales of 109.6 billion won and 124.1 billion won, respectively, while foreign investors made net purchases of 234.1 billion won.

By sector, non-metallic materials (up 7.05%), construction (up 6.88%), and metals (up 5.12%) advanced, while financials (down 7.42%) and paper·wood (down 2.08%) fell.

Among the top KOSDAQ stocks by market capitalization, Alteogen (down 0.83%), Ecopro BM (down 6.88%), and Ecopro (down 12.76%) declined, while Jusung Engineering (up 20.40%) surged.

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