Monday belonged to the small caps. While Seoul's blue-chip KOSPI managed only a modest bounce after a bruising end to last week, the junior KOSDAQ exploded higher, ripping almost 7% and tripping a buy...
Seoul's benchmark spent Friday doing what it has done for weeks now: opening with conviction and closing with doubt. The KOSPI jumped almost 2% within minutes of the bell, only to reverse and trade as...
Seoul's market split cleanly in two on Thursday. The large-cap KOSPI took a heavy blow as its two biggest names — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix — were caught in a global memory-chip selloff, while ...
Seoul roared back on Wednesday. Two days after the KOSPI shed more than 5% in a single session, the benchmark surged 3.76% to close at 6,598.26, up 239.31 points and back within touching distance of t...
Korea's market split in two on Tuesday. The benchmark KOSPI clawed back some of Monday's brutal 5% loss, but the real story was underneath it: the junior KOSDAQ ripped higher for a third straight day,...
South Korea's whipsaw week rolled straight into Monday. Two trading days after the KOSPI posted the single largest one-day gain in its history, the benchmark gave back a chunk of it — falling 5.12% to...
Seoul gave investors a full emotional arc in a single session. The KOSPI opened sharply higher — briefly up more than 5% and touching intraday highs near 5,976 — after Samsung Electronics delivered a ...