In the previous month, foreign investors kept a "sell" stance for the second straight month. They bought more than 7 trillion won in bonds, showing net inflows.
The Financial Supervisory Service said on the 27th in its report "Foreign securities investment trends in Feb. 2026" that foreigners made a net sale of 19.558 trillion won in listed shares last month and a net investment of 7.432 trillion won in listed bonds. They repatriated a total of 12.126 trillion won.
During this period, foreigners sold 19.319 trillion won and 239 billion won in the Korea Exchange main board and KOSDAQ market shares, respectively. As the domestic stock market rose last month, it is seen that foreign investors moved en masse to take profits.
However, the holding ratio actually increased. The foreign share in the domestic stock market rose to 32.6% from 32.0% in Jan. this year. As of the end of Feb., foreigners hold 2,025.54 trillion won in listed shares.
By country, Ireland and France were net buyers of 1.4 trillion won and 1.2 trillion won, respectively, while the United States and the United Kingdom were net sellers of 8.7 trillion won and 4.7 trillion won.
By holdings, the United States accounted for 838.2 trillion won, or 41.4% of all foreign investors. Europe (644.7 trillion won, 31.8%), Asia (279.9 trillion won, 13.8%), and the Middle East (36.2 trillion won, 1.8%) followed.
In the bond market, foreign funds flowed in for the fourth consecutive month. Last month, foreigners were net buyers of 10.691 trillion won in bonds and received 3.259 trillion won in redemptions at maturity. The cumulative balance was 337.3 trillion won, up 6.8 trillion won from the previous month. Foreign funds account for 12.0% of the listed bond balance.
By bond type, they made a net investment of 9.5 trillion won in Government Bonds and repatriated a net 1.7 trillion won from monetary stabilization bonds. By holdings, Government Bonds were 310.5 trillion won (92.1%) and special bonds 26.7 trillion won (7.9%).
By remaining maturity, they hold 141.7 trillion won (42.0%) in more than five years, 124.8 trillion won (37.0%) in one to five years, and 70.8 trillion won (21.0%) in less than one year.