[Korean Stock Market Opening] KOSPI and KOSDAQ show a downward trend... Foreign investment remains unable to prevent the index from falling, Hyundai Motor rises over 3%

The domestic stock market shows a downward trend.

According to the Korea Exchange on the 21st, as of 9:28 a.m. that day, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was at 4858.06 points, down 27.69 points (-0.57%) from the previous trading day.

In the main board market, foreigners net bought 251.3 billion KRW, while individuals and institutions net sold 192.9 billion KRW and 77.3 billion KRW respectively.

The top-performing stocks by market capitalization on the Korea Composite Stock Price Index are as follows: Samsung Electronics (+0.83%), SK Hynix (+0.54%), Hyundai Motor (+3.81%), LG Energy Solution (-2.48%), Samsung Electronics Preferred (+0.56%), Samsung Biologics (-1.41%), Hanwha Aerospace (-0.84%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (-3.28%), Kia (+1.04%), Doosan Energy (-3.04%).

Meanwhile, the Korea KOSDAQ Index fell 16.92 points (-1.73%) to 959.45 points.

In the KOSDAQ market, individual investors net bought 57.5 billion KRW, while foreign and institutional investors net sold 69.3 billion KRW and 20.9 billion KRW respectively.

The top-performing stocks by market capitalization on the KOSDAQ are as follows: Alteogen (-5.93%), Ecopro BM (+1.19%), Ecopro (-1.42%), ABL Bio (-4.98%), Rainbow Robotics (-2.10%), HLB (-2.69%), Samchundang Pharmaceutical (-3.09%), Kolon TissueGene (-2.83%), LigaChem Bio (-5.46%), Peptron (-3.05%).

In the Seoul foreign exchange market, the Korean won against the US dollar is at 1479.30 KRW, down 0.50 KRW from the previous trading day.

According to data from goldprice.kr, domestic gold prices (per gram) increased by 1486.05 KRW to 227,326.65 KRW. International gold prices are at $4765.80 per troy ounce, up $170.40.