KOSPI Falls More Than 4% Intraday on Institutional and Foreign Selling

On October 30, the KOSPI fell for a second consecutive day, slipping below the 5,800 mark during trading. The KOSPI and KOSDAQ indexes and the won-dollar exchange rate are displayed in the dealing room at Hana Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul. As of 9:02 a.m., the KOSPI was down 187.75 points, or 3.16%, from the previous session to 5,749.81, extending its losses. 2026.10.30 Photo by Cho Yongjun

The KOSPI is trading lower during the session, weighed down by net selling from institutional and foreign investors.

As of 10:03 a.m. on Oct. 30, the KOSPI was trading at 5,661.13, down 4.64% from the previous day.

By investor type, institutions and foreign investors were net sellers of 235 billion won and 435.9 billion won, respectively, while individual investors were net buyers of 592.8 billion won. In the futures market, institutions were net buyers of 95.4 billion won, while foreign and individual investors were net sellers of 82.7 billion won and 19.6 billion won, respectively. Program trading saw net purchases of 25.3 billion won in arbitrage trading and net sales of 328.6 billion won in non-arbitrage trading.

More sectors are declining than rising. Electrical and electronics fell 6.25%, while manufacturing dropped 5.23%, securities 4.37%, construction 3.66%, machinery and equipment 3.69%, transportation equipment 3.65%, financials 3.34%, retail 2.91%, insurance 2.72%, IT services 1.62%, metals 1.29%, real estate 1.31% and telecommunications 0.84%. By contrast, pharmaceuticals rose 2.83%, while food, beverages and tobacco gained 0.97% and textiles and apparel rose 0.82%.

Decliners also outnumber gainers among the stocks with the largest market capitalizations. Samsung Electronics and SK hynix fell 5.17% and 8.58%, respectively, while SK Square dropped 8.08%, Samsung Electro-Mechanics 9.2%, Hyundai Motor 3.42%, KB Financial Group 2.93%, Samsung Life Insurance 5.58% and Samsung C&T 5.1%. By contrast, LG Energy Solution rose 0.84%, while Samsung Biologics gained 3.88% and Celltrion advanced 1.64%.

At the same time, the KOSDAQ index was also trading lower. It stood at 728.17, down 3.33% from the previous day. By investor type, institutions and foreign investors were net buyers of 44.1 billion won and 67.8 billion won, respectively, while individual investors were net buyers of 121 billion won.

All of the stocks with the largest market capitalizations were trading lower. Alteogen fell 1.48%, while EcoPro dropped 1.77%, EcoPro BM 1.96%, Jusung Engineering 4.29%, Rainbow Robotics 3.84%, HLB 0.38%, EO Technics 6.39%, Sam Chun Dang Pharm 1.01%, Wonik IPS 7.09% and Simmtech 9.24%.

Meanwhile, in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won was trading at 1,339.2 per dollar, down 0.3 won from the previous day.

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