#KOSPI
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Timeline
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Why the KOSPI broke 5,500 — closed at 5,469.47 on October 26, 2026 as foreigners sold ahead of a 'super week'
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KOSPI weekly October 12-16, 2026: down 14.46% to 5,668.05 — why it fell four days straight, and who came back Friday
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Why the KOSPI crashed 7.57% on October 15, 2026 — hot US inflation, AI debt fears and Chinese memory hit at once
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Samsung Q3 operating profit hits 107.4 trillion won — why the KOSPI still fell 2.62%
All articles
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Economy · 3 min readWhy the KOSPI broke 5,500 — closed at 5,469.47 on October 26, 2026 as foreigners sold ahead of a 'super week'
Index — KOSPI 5,469.47 (−1.46%), KOSDAQ 727.21 (−3.26%); 792 decliners vs 101 gainers
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI weekly October 12-16, 2026: down 14.46% to 5,668.05 — why it fell four days straight, and who came back Friday
Numbers — 6,625.93 to 5,668.05, down 957.88 points (14.46%), circuit breaker on Oct 15
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Economy · 3 min readWhy the KOSPI crashed 7.57% on October 15, 2026 — hot US inflation, AI debt fears and Chinese memory hit at once
Close — KOSPI 5,554.22 (-7.57%), KOSDAQ 760.82 (-7.65%); Level 1 circuit breaker and sidecars in both markets
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Economy · 3 min readSamsung Q3 operating profit hits 107.4 trillion won — why the KOSPI still fell 2.62%
Results — revenue 195T won, operating profit 107.4T won; +782.5% year on year, +20.0% on the quarter
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Economy · 3 min readWhy the KOSPI fell again — a strong won, chip bonuses and 2.6T won of foreign selling
Result — KOSPI 6,803.90 (−1.98%), KOSDAQ 898.43 (−2.34%) on Oct 7; foreigners sold ~2.6T won
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Economy · 2 min readWhy foreigners sold 1.75 trillion won of Korean stocks — U.S. yields at a 2002 high
Result — foreigners net sold 1.75T won; KOSPI 6,941.39 (−0.89%); SK Hynix −3.69%, Samsung Electronics −1.45%
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Economy · 3 min readKorea tax windfall tops 50 trillion won — chip profits and a stock boom paid it
Size — more than 50 trillion won above the 415.4 trillion won forecast (some reports say 60+); January–July revenue 274 trillion won, up 17.8%
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Economy · 2 min readKOSPI closes at 6,954.52 on September 8, 2026 — 217 points given back from 7,171
Reversal — intraday high 7,171.52, the first break above 7,100; close 6,954.52 (−0.58%), giving back 217 points
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Economy · 3 min readGoldman keeps its KOSPI target at 12,000 (September 7) — the index trades at 5.3 times forward earnings
Target — KOSPI 12,000 maintained. Timothy Moe, Goldman's chief Asia-Pacific equity strategist, on Bloomberg TV, September 4
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,995.39 on September 7, 2026 — up 4.61%, and 4.61 points short of 7,000
Index — KOSPI 6,995.39 (+308.18, +4.61%), KOSDAQ 822.19 (+8.69, +1.07%); 4.61 points short of 7,000
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Economy · 2 min readKOSPI weekly −1.50% (August 31 – September 4, 2026) — four up days lost to one down day
Week — 6,788.88 to 6,687.21. Down 101.67 points, 1.50 percent, with four up days and one down day
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,687.21 on September 4, 2026 — retail sold 3.7 trillion won and it rose anyway
Close — KOSPI 6,687.21 (+107.73pt, +1.64%); KOSDAQ 813.50 (+2.95%), back above 800
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,579.48 on September 3, 2026 — 123 points lost in 27 minutes, then recovered
Close — KOSPI 6,579.48 (+0.26%). KOSDAQ 790.21 (−1.71%), below the 800 level
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Economy · 2 min readKOSPI closes at 6,562.72 on September 2, 2026 — a 4% drop with no domestic trigger
Close — KOSPI 6,562.72, down 273.08 points (3.99%); KOSDAQ 803.98, down 2.10%
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Economy · 2 min readKOSPI closes at 6,820.02 on August 31, 2026 — down 175 points at the open, saved by buybacks
Close — KOSPI 6,820.02, up 31.14 points (0.46%). It had opened down 2.58 percent
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Economy · 3 min readWhat MSCI rebalancing is — why it is struck at the August 31 close and applies from September 1
Definition — the periodic reset of index constituents and weights, run on a quarterly cycle
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI week of August 24-28, 2026: closed at 6,788.88, down 1.79%
Week — KOSPI closed at 6,788.88, down 124.07 points or 1.79 percent
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,788.88 on August 28, 2026 — foreigners sell 1.76 trillion won on chip tariff report
Index — KOSPI 6,788.88, down 123.49 points or 1.79 percent, ending a three-day advance
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,912.37 on August 27, 2026 — a third straight gain, on the day rates rose
Index — KOSPI 6,912.37, up 104.16 points or 1.53 percent, a third straight advance
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,808.21 on August 26, 2026 — retail sold ₩2.2tn and it rose anyway
Index — KOSPI 6,808.21 (+65.47 points, +0.97%); KOSDAQ 826.87 (-0.28 points, -0.03%)
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,742.74 on August 25, 2026 — after a 4.3% intraday drop
Index — KOSPI 6,742.74 (+45.78 points, +0.68%). Intraday low was 6,408.82, or -4.30%
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,696.96 on August 24, 2026 — Samsung falls 8.7%
Index — KOSPI 6,696.96, down 215.99 points (-3.12%), below 6,700. KOSDAQ went the opposite way, up 1.42% to 813.33
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI weekly -0.93% (August 18–21) — 948 points moved, 65 points remained
Week — 6,977.94 (Aug 14) to 6,912.95 (Aug 21), a net change of -64.99 points or -0.93%
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,912.95 on August 21, 2026 — 683 stocks fell and the index still rose
Close — KOSPI 6,912.95 (+0.88%), KOSDAQ 801.94 (-4.63%). Korea's two markets moved in opposite directions
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,852.58 on August 20, 2026 — 381 points back in one session
Close — KOSPI 6,852.58 (+5.89%), KOSDAQ 840.89 (+1.99%): the same threefold gap as the day before, inverted
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,471.17 on August 19, 2026 — foreigners sold 4tn won, retail bought 5.6tn
Close — KOSPI 6,471.17 (-5.80%), KOSDAQ 824.46 (-1.17%): a fivefold gap in the fall
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,869.83 on August 18, 2026 — after touching 7,216 intraday
KOSPI 6,869.83 (-1.55%); the tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell further, to 834.20 (-3.52%)
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,977.94 on August 14, 2026 — up 11.49% in five sessions
Close 6,977.94, up 164.60 points (+2.42%). Intraday high 7,010.86 — the 7,000 line did not hold into the close
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Economy · 4 min readWhat foreign net buying means — and why outlets print different numbers
Net buying = purchases minus sales, measured in value, not trade count, and normally per session
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Economy · 3 min readKOSPI closes at 6,813.34 on August 13, 2026 — but KOSDAQ managed only 0.29%
Close 6,813.34 — up 234.30 points (+3.56%). Open 6,773.92, intraday high 6,895.63
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,579.04 on August 12, 2026 — foreigners buy 2.8tn won in one session
Close 6,579.04 — up 233.51 points (+3.68%). Open 6,438.50, intraday high 6,668.43
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Economy · 3 min readKorean chip exports jump 155% — $9.95bn in ten days, 46.8% of everything the country sold
Exports $21.3bn (+45.3%) — working days were 7.0, identical to last year, so this is not a calendar effect
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Economy · 2 min readS&P 500 closes at a record 7,757.64 — KOSPI ends the week at 6,258.77
Friday in New York: S&P 500 7,757.64 (+0.62%) and Nasdaq 26,690.62 (+1.30%) at records, Dow 54,036.93 (+0.28%)
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Economy · 2 min readSeoul's first session after the jobs shock — a Monday morning checklist
Friday's US close left two signals at once: payrolls fell, indexes hit records
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Economy · 2 min readKOSPI closes at 6,258.77 on August 7, 2026 — rebound fades after 6,400
KOSPI opened at 6,365, recovered the 6,400 line intraday, then closed down 0.60% at 6,258.77
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Economy · 1 min readKOSDAQ explained — Korea's other stock market
KOSDAQ, launched in 1996 on the Nasdaq model, is a separate market from KOSPI
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Economy · 1 min readKOSPI falls 4% to the 6,290 level on August 6, 2026 — sell sidecar fires
KOSPI slid more than 4% to the 6,290 level, erasing Wednesday's 4.33% surge
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Economy · 1 min readKOSPI closes at 6,634.55 on August 5, 2026 — up 4.33%, buy sidecar fires
KOSPI jumped 275.60 points (4.33%) to 6,634.55, reclaiming the 6,600 level
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Economy · 1 min readWhy KOSDAQ rises on the days KOSPI falls
On Monday KOSPI fell 5.12% while KOSDAQ rose 2% — and the split widened Tuesday
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Economy · 1 min readSeoul's split screen: KOSPI slips again, KOSDAQ jumps 5%
KOSPI surrendered its morning rebound to close around 6,180, down a second day
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Economy · 1 min readSeoul reopens after the record surge: three checks
The KOSPI opens Monday for the first time since its record 17.91% single-day gain
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Economy · 2 min readKorea's circuit breakers: 8, 15, 20 — then the day ends
Halts trigger when the index falls 8%, 15% or 20% from the prior close for one minute
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Economy · 2 min readAfter the 17.91% day: Seoul's week of two tests
After the record rebound, weekend outlooks favour a staircase recovery over a V-shape
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Economy · 2 min readKorea's KOSPI jumps 17.91% in one day
The KOSPI rose 1,001.89 points to 6,595.45, setting records for both percentage and point gain