KOSPI Falls Intraday on Net Selling by Individual Investors

On Oct. 22, a screen in the dealing room at Hana Bank's headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, displays the KOSPI, KOSDAQ and won-dollar exchange rate as the KOSPI opened lower, just one day after rebounding. The KOSPI began trading at 5,670.11, down 65.55 points (1.14%) from the previous session, while the KOSDAQ opened at 789.84, down 2.92 points (0.37%), and remained slightly lower. 2026.10.22 Photo by Cho Yongjun

The KOSPI is trading lower intraday, weighed down by net selling by individual investors.

As of 10:13 a.m. on Oct. 22, the KOSPI was trading at 5,676.06, down 1.04% from the previous day.

By investor type, institutions and individuals were net sellers of 21.5 billion won and 109.5 billion won, respectively, while foreign investors were net buyers of 126.2 billion won. In the futures market, institutions were net buyers of 422.1 billion won, while foreign investors and individuals were net sellers of 277.3 billion won and 159 billion won, respectively. Program trading recorded net selling of 105.1 billion won.

More sectors were declining than advancing. Chemicals fell 2.52%, while transportation and warehousing fell 2.2%, telecommunications 1.64%, pharmaceuticals 1.43%, manufacturing 1.2%, electrical and electronic equipment 1.17%, securities 1.27%, metals 1.19%, entertainment and culture 1.02%, transportation equipment 0.99%, paper and wood 0.96%, and textiles and apparel 0.76%. In contrast, general services rose 2.38%, while construction gained 2.08%, IT services 1.36%, insurance 0.8%, retail 0.78%, and non-metallic minerals 0.51%.

Most of the largest stocks by market capitalization were also lower. Samsung Electronics and SK hynix fell 1.12% and 1.39%, respectively, while LG Energy Solution declined 4.13%, Samsung Biologics 1.55%, Hyundai Motor 2.1%, KB Financial Group 0.68%, Samsung Life Insurance 0.2%, Celltrion 0.86%, and Samsung SDI 2.71%. In contrast, SK Square rose 0.26%, while Samsung Electro-Mechanics gained 3.08% and Samsung C&T 1.72%.

The KOSDAQ index was also lower. At the same time, it was trading at 785.54, down 0.91% from the previous day. By investor type, institutions and foreign investors were net sellers of 49.7 billion won and 134.1 billion won, respectively, while individuals were net buyers of 191.1 billion won.

More of the largest stocks by market capitalization were declining than advancing. Alteogen fell 2.71%, while EcoPro declined 3.95%, EcoPro BM 7.08%, Jusung Engineering 3.32%, HLB 1.89%, EO Technics 0.7%, Leeno Industrial 0.45%, Wonik IPS 2.96%, and Sam Chun Dang Pharm 2.82%. In contrast, Rainbow Robotics rose 0.8%, while Simtech gained 1.83% and Robotis 1.24%.

Meanwhile, in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar exchange rate was trading at 1,326.2 won per dollar, up 0.2 won from the previous day.

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