On the 10th, the KOSPI opened higher, lifted by overnight gains in U.S. tech stocks.
As of 9:11 a.m., the KOSPI was up 34.89 points, or 0.66%, from the previous trading day at 5,332.93. The KOSPI began the session at 5,350.21, up 0.98% from the previous trading day.
In the main board, foreigners and institutions were net buyers of 176.1 billion won and 18.9 billion won, respectively. Only individuals sold 208.5 billion won worth of shares.
Among top stocks by market cap, Hyundai Motor and Hanwha Aerospace were strong, up in the 4% range, while Kia (2.73%), Samsung Biologics (0.89%), SK Square (0.71%), LG Energy Solution (0.51%), Samsung Electronics (0.48%), and SK hynix (0.45%) were rising. Doosan Enerbility edged down 0.52%.
At the same time, the KOSDAQ was up 4.93 points, or 0.44%, from the previous trading day at 1,132.48. The KOSDAQ started at 1,132.24, up 0.42% from the previous trading day.
In the KOSDAQ market, institutions and individuals were buying 62.2 billion won and 18.6 billion won, respectively. Foreigners were net sellers of 74.1 billion won.
Among top KOSDAQ market-cap stocks, except for Sam Chun Dang Pharm (-1.11%) and LEENO Industrial (-1.01%), Rainbow Robotics (3.64%), EcoPro BM (2.42%), EcoPro (2.26%), HLB (0.95%), LigaChem Biosciences (0.95%), Kolon TissueGene (0.92%), and Alteogen (0.91%) were rising.
In the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won-dollar exchange rate opened at 1,459 won per U.S. dollar, down 1.3 won from the previous trading day.
Meanwhile, on the 9th (local time), the New York stock market rose across all three major indexes as bargain hunting emerged, led by tech stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.04% from the previous trading day at 50,135.87. The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 rose 0.47% to 6,964.82, and the Nasdaq climbed 0.90% to 23,238.67.