KOSPI Fluctuates Around 2,550... KOSDAQ Turns Strong

The domestic stock market is showing mixed trends in early trading.

As of 9:30 a.m. on May 2, the KOSPI was trading at 2,549.58, down 7.03 points (0.27%) from the previous trading day. The index opened slightly lower at 2,556.52, down 0.09 points. While individual investors made a net purchase of 129.8 billion won, foreign investors sold 126.2 billion won, and institutional investors offloaded 23.0 billion won.

As the first-ever case in constitutional history where the acting president's authority was further delegated, increasing uncertainty in the domestic economic situation, the status board in the dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, displayed the KOSPI and KRW/USD exchange rate on the 2nd. On that day, the KOSPI opened at 2,556.52, down 0.09 points from the previous session, and the KRW/USD exchange rate started at 1,436.5 won, up 15.5 won. Photo by Jo Yongjun, 2025.5.2

Among the top market cap stocks, performance was mixed. SK Hynix (up 1.75%), Samsung Biologics (up 1.52%), Hanwha Ocean (up 1.40%), KB Financial Group (up 1.11%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (up 0.37%), and Celltrion (up 0.31%) showed gains. In contrast, Hyundai Mobis (down 3.55%), Kia (down 1.55%), NAVER (down 1.25%), Shinhan Financial Group (down 0.97%), Samsung Electronics (down 0.72%), Hyundai Motor (down 0.58%), and LG Energy Solution (down 0.46%) were on the decline.

By sector, electrical equipment (up 3.17%), other distribution (up 1.65%), education (up 1.17%), game software (up 1.16%), cosmetics (up 0.99%), life sciences (up 0.90%), shipbuilding (up 0.89%), telecommunications equipment (up 0.84%), and pharmaceuticals (up 0.81%) were strong. Meanwhile, computers (down 2.60%), trading companies (down 1.92%), auto parts (down 1.80%), machinery (down 1.77%), chemicals (down 1.35%), department stores (down 1.16%), steel (down 1.01%), energy (down 1.01%), and automobiles (down 0.89%) were declining.

At the same time, the KOSDAQ was trading at 719.12, up 1.88 points (0.26%). The index started the session at 716.60, down 0.64 points (0.09%), but soon rebounded. While individual investors alone made a net sale of 11.2 billion won, foreign investors bought 10.1 billion won, and institutional investors purchased 2.5 billion won.

Most of the top market cap stocks on the KOSDAQ showed gains. Pharmaresearch (up 3.05%), SM (up 2.10%), Peptron (up 2.02%), Alteogen (up 1.85%), HLB (up 1.41%), Legochem Bio (up 1.24%), Samchundang Pharm (up 1%), Hugel (up 0.68%), and Classys (up 0.62%) rose, while Ecopro (down 1.76%), Ecopro BM (down 0.20%), and Rainbow Robotics (down 0.18%) showed weakness.