South Korea stocks
South Korea's Kospi ends at record high, led by auto, steel firms
[SEOUL] South Korean shares hit a record high on Tuesday (Apr 28), led by gains in automakers and steel manufacturers, with investor focus on major corporate earnings. The won was flat, while the benc...
South Korea surpasses UK to become world’s 8th largest stock market
SOUTH KOREA has leapfrogged the UK to become the world’s eighth-biggest stock market, fuelled by a high-octane rally in its artificial intelligence-linked technology champions.
South Korean shares hit record as chipmakers rally ahead of earnings
[SEOUL] South Korean shares jumped more than 2 per cent to a record close on Monday (Apr 27), as chipmakers rallied ahead of major earnings due to be released later this week. The benchmark Kospi clos...
South Korea hit by steepest stocks sell-off since 2008, currency tumbles
Foreigners sell a net 35.9 trillion won in Kospi shares this month
South Korea market crashes are luring traders hooked on leveraged ETFs
South Korean retail investors are among the biggest drivers of trading in US-listed leveraged funds globally
Iran war punctures strategy of ‘Sell America, Buy Asia’
Despite a rebound on Thursday, the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index has tumbled about 6% this week
South Korea’s Kospi leaps 12%, rebounds from worst-ever crash
[SEOUL] South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index surged as much as 12 per cent on Thursday, swiftly erasing almost all of its worst-ever daily drop a day earlier, buoyed by hopes for progress in US-Iran di...
Oil shock fear hits Asian tech stocks while European sell-off pauses
Asia’s sell-off is turning disorderly because markets are no longer treating this as a ‘one-week headline shock
Panic sweeps South Korean stocks in biggest one-day crash on record
Of more than 800 stocks on the benchmark, only 10 finished in the green
Global funds dump nearly 7 trillion won of South Korean stocks after rally
Despite the massive selling by foreigners, few see this as a bearish turning point
