Foreign buying in Korea’s chip leaders lifted the KOSPI 3.56% after softer U.S. inflation and strong AI-infrastructure earnings. Seoul also outlined support for field-delayed investment projects totaling about KRW 4.28 trillion, while weak market breadth left the rally’s durability unresolved.
Foreign buying and semiconductor gains lifted the KOSPI 3.68%, even as declining stocks outnumbered advancers. July employment rose by 108,000 year on year, but the youth employment rate fell 1.6 percentage points. Market concentration and the upcoming U.S. inflation release remain key risks.
Early-August exports surged, led by semiconductors, helping the KOSPI gain 0.73% and the KOSDAQ rise 0.39%. The rally broadened across advancing stocks, but elevated oil prices, higher U.S. Treasury yields and a late-session retreat from intraday highs limited conviction.
The KOSPI fell 0.60% as foreign and program selling pressured SK hynix. Positive breadth, battery strength and a firmer won limited the damage ahead of U.S. payrolls.
The KOSPI fell 4.58% as foreign and program selling hit semiconductor megacaps and triggered a sell-side sidecar. Yet KOSPI advancers still outnumbered decliners and the KOSDAQ gained 0.26%, pointing to a concentrated large-cap shock rather than uniform market weakness.
The KOSPI gained 3.76% as foreign investors returned to large-cap chips, while the KOSDAQ rose 2.42%. A firmer won and broad market breadth supported the rebound, but foreign futures selling and elevated intraday volatility remain key watchpoints.
The KOSPI rose 1.62% and the KOSDAQ jumped 5.88% as institutional buying powered biotech, defense and construction. Foreign investors stayed net sellers, and a weaker won clouded the rebound’s staying power.