KOSPI Eyes 4,200 as US Liquidity Concerns Ease... KOSDAQ Also Rises

On December 11, the domestic stock market is trading in a slightly positive range in early session.

As of 9:10 a.m. on this day, the KOSPI is trading at 4,158.46, up 23.46 points (0.57%) from the previous day. Earlier, the index opened at 4,163.32, up 28.32 points (0.68%).

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While individual investors recorded a net sale of 91.3 billion won, foreign investors and institutional investors made net purchases of 9.1 billion won and 96.7 billion won, respectively. In the KOSPI 200 futures market, foreign investors sold 87.9 billion won, while individual investors and institutions bought 47.3 billion won and 55.9 billion won, respectively.

The top KOSPI stocks by market capitalization are showing a somewhat mixed trend. Samsung Electronics (up 2.04%), Doosan Enerbility (up 1.17%), KB Financial Group (up 1.12%), Samsung Biologics (up 1.08%), Hanwha Aerospace (up 0.98%), and Kia (up 0.08%) are on the rise. In contrast, Hyundai Motor (down 1.16%), LG Energy Solution (down 0.91%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (down 0.88%), and SK Hynix (down 0.51%) are declining.

At the same time, the KOSDAQ is trading at 939.35, up 4.35 points (0.47%). Earlier, the index opened at 940.59, up 5.59 points (0.60%). While individual investors purchased 130.2 billion won, foreign investors and institutional investors sold 89.3 billion won and 22.4 billion won, respectively.

The top KOSDAQ stocks by market capitalization are showing a selling trend. Ecopro BM (down 1.73%), Ecopro (down 1.71%), ABL Bio (down 1.63%), Kolon TissueGene (down 1.57%), Samchundang Pharm (down 1.25%), HLB (down 1.12%), Ligochem Bio (down 0.58%), and Peptron (down 0.36%) are declining. On the other hand, Rainbow Robotics (up 0.11%) and Alteogen (up 0.11%) are rising.

By sector, healthcare technology (up 4.85%), electrical equipment (up 3.16%), and beverages (up 2.49%) are strong. In contrast, retail (down 0.97%), electrical products (down 0.91%), and stationery (down 0.75%) are weak.

On the Seoul foreign exchange market, the Korean won opened at 1,464.5 per U.S. dollar, down 5.9 won from the previous week's closing price (as of 3:30 p.m.).