KOSPI Starts Strongly Stable... Individual Investors 'Buying Alone'

On the 31st, the domestic stock market started with a slight gain.

As of 9:07 a.m. that day, the KOSPI index was at 2,567.15, up 5.93 points (0.23%) compared to the previous trading day. Individual investors were net buyers with 56.3 billion KRW, while foreigners and institutions were net sellers with 20.9 billion KRW and 34.6 billion KRW, respectively.

Among the top market capitalization groups in the KOSPI market, SK Hynix showed strong early gains, rising 2.18%. Samsung SDI (0.83%) and LG Chem (0.69%) also showed upward trends in the early session. Hyundai Motor (-0.37%) and Naver (0.23%) were slightly down.

Han Ji-young, a researcher at Kiwoom Securities, said, "Currently, in the absence of a clear leading industry, market participants are frequently changing their bets on which stocks will become the leading theme stocks within the subcategories. Attention should be paid to the stock prices and supply-demand changes of domestic China consumption theme stocks (duty-free, cosmetics, leisure, etc.) due to the China-related news flow, including the China manufacturing and services PMI scheduled to be announced during the session."

At the same time, the KOSDAQ index was at 926.57, up 2.76 points (0.30%) compared to the previous trading day. Individual investors were net buyers with 63.9 billion KRW, while foreigners and institutions were net sellers with 27.7 billion KRW and 14.0 billion KRW, respectively.

Among the top market capitalization groups in KOSDAQ, EcoPro (0.96%) and EcoPro BM (0.77%) both showed gains. POSCO DX rose 2.07% in the early session.

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