In October this year, foreigners continued investing in Korea's stock market following the previous month. However, the investment scale fell by about 2 trillion won from the prior month.
The Financial Supervisory Service on the 14th announced the "Foreign securities investment trends for October 2025," saying foreigners' net investment in Korea's capital market last month came to 4.205 trillion won.
Foreign investors made a net purchase of 4.195 trillion won in the main board and 10 billion won on the KOSDAQ market last month. As a result, foreigners' share in the domestic stock market rose from 28.7% on Sept. to 30.1% in Oct.
By country, the United Kingdom bought 2.369 trillion won, Ireland 1.349 trillion won, and Norway 750 billion won. In contrast, the United States and Kuwait were net sellers of 1.025 trillion won and 628 billion won, respectively.
In the bond market, foreign funds flowed out. Last month, foreigners made a net purchase of 3.821 trillion won in bonds and received 3.999 trillion won in maturities. A total of 178 billion won was net withdrawn. The cumulative balance stood at 307 trillion won, down 1.3 trillion won from the previous month. Foreign funds account for 11.2% of listed bond balances.
By bond type, they made a net investment of 3 trillion won in Government Bonds and net withdrew 3.1 trillion won from special bonds. In holdings, Government Bonds came to 286.866 trillion won, and special bonds to 24.063 trillion won.
By remaining maturity, holdings were 139.8 trillion won in five years or longer, 104.3 trillion won in one to five years, and 62.9 trillion won in less than one year.