KOSPI Ends Strongly Above 6,750 on Robust Buying by Individuals and Institutions

by Jang Hyowon

Published 27 Jul.2026 15:53(KST)

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The KOSPI closed higher, buoyed by net buying from individual and institutional investors.

On July 27, the KOSPI finished trading at 6,755.75, up 65.13 points (0.97%) compared to the previous day. The trading volume was provisionally tallied at 2.7091 billion shares, with the trading value reaching 23.5045 trillion won.

By investor group, foreign investors sold a net 2.9045 trillion won, while institutions and individuals bought a net 862.4 billion won and 1.9804 trillion won, respectively. In the futures market as well, foreigners were net sellers of 492.8 billion won, while institutions and individuals were net buyers of 581.4 billion won and 77.9 billion won, respectively. In program trading, there was a net purchase of 63 billion won in arbitrage trading, while non-arbitrage trading saw a net sale of 2.6579 trillion won.

More sectors rose than fell. The IT services sector rose by 4.47%, followed by entertainment & culture (4.16%), medical precision (3.58%), electrical & electronics (2.03%), electricity & gas (1.47%), food, beverage & tobacco (1.27%), manufacturing (1.23%), textiles & apparel (1.23%), real estate (1.15%), and pharmaceuticals (0.99%). On the other hand, the construction sector dropped by 3.62%, while metals (down 3.22%), chemicals (down 2.64%), transportation equipment (down 2.47%), transportation & storage (down 1.56%), and insurance (down 1.25%) also lost ground.

The movement among large-cap stocks was mixed. Shares of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix rose by 1.8% and 3.24%, respectively; Hyundai Motor climbed 0.5%, LG Energy Solution 1.06%, Samsung Biologics 1.78%, KB Financial Group 0.64%, and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries 0.21%. In contrast, SK Square fell 1.17%, with Samsung Electro-Mechanics down 0.08%, Samsung Life Insurance down 2.04%, and Samsung C&T down 0.73%.

The number of advancing stocks was provisionally counted at 497, while 372 stocks declined and 47 were unchanged. Two stocks hit the lower limit.

The KOSDAQ Index registered strong gains of over 2% on the day. The KOSDAQ finished trading at 764.86, rising 16.64 points (2.22%) from the previous session. By investor group, foreigners and individuals were net sellers of 129.1 billion won and 144 billion won, respectively, while institutions were net buyers of 272.7 billion won.

Most large-cap stocks rose. Alteogen was up 3.83%, EcoPro 3.2%, EcoPro BM 2.03%, Rainbow Robotics 6.57%, Jusung Engineering 6.31%, Leeno Industrial 1.75%, Wonik IPS 5.47%, PSK 1.46%, HLB 0.48%, ABL Bio 0.28%, PharmResearch 3.64%, EO Technics 3.52%, LygaChem Bio 1.56%, and Samchundang Pharm 0.4%.