On the 13th in the morning, the KOSPI index started strong in the early session but reversed gains before switching to a slight uptrend. Individuals, who were leading the early index increase, shifted to selling, while foreigners showed buying strength, fluctuating around the 3200 mark.

On the 13th, the KOSPI and KOSDAQ, along with the exchange rate, are displayed on the screen of Hana Bank's dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul. On this day, the KOSPI and KOSDAQ indices start trading on an upward trend but then give up their morning gains, settling into a slight increase./Courtesy of Yonhap News Agency

As of 11:08 a.m. on that day, the KOSPI index stands at 3204.33, up 14.42 points (0.45%) from the previous transaction day. Foreign investors have a net purchase of 242.4 billion won, while individuals and institutions have net sales of 170.8 billion won and 114.1 billion won, respectively. The KOSPI index started strong at 1.03% that day, but the rate of increase has gradually diminished.

The top 10 market capitalization stocks are generally showing strength. SK hynix is up 2.6%, showing solid performance, while Samsung Electronics (0.77%), LG Energy Solution (0.26%), Samsung Biologics (0.78%), Samsung Electronics Preferred (0.95%), Hyundai Motor Company (0.7%), Doosan Enerbility (1.45%), and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (2.09%) are also rising. In contrast, KB Financial (-0.53%) and Hanwha Aerospace (-1.88%) are seeing declines.

At the same time, the KOSDAQ index shows an increase of 3.54 points (0.44%) to 810.73 compared to the previous transaction day. In the KOSDAQ market, individuals and institutions are net buying 45 billion won and 10.9 billion won, respectively, while foreigners are net selling 47.4 billion won.

The top 10 KOSDAQ market capitalization stocks are also mostly on the rise. Peptron is experiencing strong buying, rising above 7%. Alteogen (1.15%), ECOPRO BM (1.19%), Ecopro (0.88%), PharmaResearch (1.35%), LigaChem Biosciences (3.92%), HLB (3.55%), ABL Bio (3.76%), and Sam Chun Dang Pharm (0.38%) are also rising together. Rainbow Robotics (-0.92%) is the only stock in decline.

In the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar exchange rate rose by 0.7 won to 1386.2 won at the same time compared to the previous transaction day.

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