The KOSPI index recorded a firm gain, supported by individual investors' buying momentum. The KOSDAQ index showed a strong rise of over 1%, driven by a surge in secondary battery-related stocks such as the EcoPro group.
On the 25th, the KOSPI index closed at 2,636.46, up 7.93 points (0.30%) from the previous day. Trading volume was 713.45 million shares, and the trading value totaled 18.8493 trillion KRW.
By investor type, institutions and foreigners net sold 69.5 billion KRW and 1.3493 trillion KRW respectively, while individuals net bought 1.3728 trillion KRW. Program trading saw net selling of 3.8 billion KRW in arbitrage trades and 326.4 billion KRW in non-arbitrage trades.
By sector, steel and metals (3.72%), precision medical instruments (2.92%), machinery (2.91%), distribution (1.66%), transportation equipment (1.19%), and chemicals (1.05%) rose. Meanwhile, transportation and warehousing (-3.82%), pharmaceuticals (-1.58%), and food and beverage (-1.37%) declined.
Among the top market capitalization companies, POSCO Holdings (2.49%), LG Chem (1.68%), Kia (1.32%), and Hyundai Motor (0.65%) closed higher. KakaoBank (-3.02%), Kakao (-2.01%), Celltrion (-1.97%), and Naver (-0.99%) ended the day lower.
On the same day, the KOSDAQ index closed at 939.96, up 10.06 points (1.08%) from the previous day. By investor type, institutions and foreigners net bought 48.5 billion KRW and 386.6 billion KRW respectively, while individuals net sold 424.1 billion KRW.
In the KOSDAQ market, the EcoPro group stocks appeared to lead the overall index. EcoPro BM surged 14.22%, and EcoPro rose 11.37%. Based on the closing price that day, EcoPro BM's market capitalization was 45.1842 trillion KRW, and EcoPro's market cap was 34.4296 trillion KRW, surpassing Hyundai Motor (42.4121 trillion KRW) and Kia (34.0129 trillion KRW), which are listed on the KOSPI market.
POSCO DX also rose more than 4%. Entertainment stocks JYP Entertainment and SM Entertainment showed strong gains of around 9% and 7%, respectively, rising together. On the other hand, Caregen, Kakao Games, Celltrion Healthcare, Pearl Abyss, HLB, L&F, HPSP, and Celltrion Pharm declined.
Meanwhile, in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the won/dollar exchange rate closed at 1,275.4 won, down 4.5 won from the previous day.
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