On the 14th, the KOSPI index was up close to 1% intraday on buying by foreign and retail investors.
As of 11:09 a.m. that day, the KOSPI index was trading at 3,617.31, up 32.76 points (0.91%) from the previous day. In the main board, foreigners and retail investors bought stocks worth 280.6 billion won and 186.0 billion won, respectively, while only institutions were net sellers of 484.3 billion won.
Large-cap stocks were mixed. LG Energy Solution was surging more than 7%, and SK hynix (2.65%), Hyundai Motor (2.52%), Samsung Biologics (0.78%), and Samsung Electronics (0.11%) were rising. Doosan Enerbility (-0.64%), Hanwha Aerospace (-0.60%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (-0.58%), and KB Financial (-0.36%) were edging lower.
At the same time, the KOSDAQ index was trading at 859.26, down 1.23 points (0.14%) from the previous day. After climbing early in the session, the KOSDAQ index turned lower on a wave of selling by foreign investors. Foreigners were net sellers worth 154.5 billion won on the KOSDAQ market. Retail investors and institutions were net buyers of 169.1 billion won and 1.3 billion won, respectively.
Top KOSDAQ market-cap stocks were weak. PharmaResearch (-2.86%), HLB (-1.65%), Peptron (-1.60%), Sam Chun Dang Pharm (-0.49%), Rainbow Robotics (-0.15%), and ABL Bio (0.49%) were declining. In contrast, ECOPRO BM (4.67%), Ecopro (4.32%), and Alteogen (1.91%) were gaining.
In the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar rate was trading at 1,426.4 won per $1, up 1.9 won from the previous session at the same time.