In Dec. last year, foreign investors turned to net buying in the domestic stock market for the first time in a month, purchasing a total of 9 trillion won in stocks and bonds and showing a large inflow of funds.
The Financial Supervisory Service on the 9th announced the "Foreign securities investment trends in Dec. 2025," saying foreign investors' net investment in Korea's capital market last month came to 9.411 trillion won.
During the period, foreigners net bought 1.673 trillion won on the main board and net sold 149 billion won on the KOSDAQ market. As a result, the foreign share of Korea's stock market rose to 30.8% from 29.6% in Nov. last year.
Over the same period, the KOSPI rose 7.32% from 3,926.59 to 4,214.17, and the KOSDAQ index climbed 1.40%.
By country, France bought 1.01 trillion won, the United Kingdom 795 billion won, and Canada 671 billion won. In contrast, Singapore was a net seller of 916 billion won, the Cayman Islands 575 billion won, and the Netherlands 499 billion won.
By holdings, the United States accounted for 546 trillion won, or 41.2% of all foreign investors. Europe followed with 417 trillion won (31.4%), Asia with 182.4 trillion won (13.7%), and the Middle East with 22.9 trillion won (1.7%).
Foreign funds also flowed into the bond market for a second straight month. Last month, foreigners made net purchases of 17.527 trillion won in bonds and received 9.64 trillion won in redemptions at maturity. A total of 7.887 trillion won was net withdrawn. Outstanding balances stood at 328.5 trillion won, up 6.9 trillion won from the previous month. Foreign funds account for 11.9% of listed bonds outstanding.
By bond type, there was a net investment of 3.7 trillion won in Government Bonds and 1.9 trillion won in monetary stabilization bonds. By holdings, Government Bonds were 297.1 trillion won (90.5%) and special bonds 31.4 trillion won (9.5%).
By remaining maturity, 134.7 trillion won is held in tenors of five years or longer, 119.7 trillion won in one to five years, and 74.1 trillion won in less than one year.