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23 stories tagged “kospi”, each from official Korean data with its source and timestamp.
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix drew only eight broker reports in a month. Samsung targets run 460,000–610,000 won
Korea's two memory makers got four company reports each from 23 September to 24 October 2026. SK Securities doubled its Samsung target to 610,000 won; Daishin cut SK hynix from 3.9 million to 3.2 million.
The KOSPI has lost 19% in October. Its small-cap index has lost 4%
From 30 September to 22 October the KOSPI fell 19.1%. Large caps fell 20.1%, mid caps 8.1%, small caps 4.1%. Of 53 KOSPI-series indices, three rose: entertainment and culture (+6.9%), food and tobacco (+4.1%) and pharmaceuticals (+1.2%).
KOSPI is up 31% this year. KOSDAQ is down 17%. The split runs through healthcare
On 22 October the KOSPI was 31.3% above its 2025 close and the KOSDAQ 17.4% below it. Of 53 KOSPI-series indices, 34 are up for the year; of 39 KOSDAQ-series indices, 7. KOSDAQ 150 Healthcare is down 40.9%.
KOSPI rose on Friday while four in five of its stocks fell. Since late August, that is the rule, not the exception
The index gained 0.30% on 23 October as decliners beat advancers 716 to 173. Of 17 up days since late August, 9 had more fallers. The index is down 18.7% since 26 August; the median KOSPI stock, 6.9%.
As KOSPI slid in October, Korean analysts cut more target prices than they raised — and still said Buy
We counted every report in a month of Korean broker research. Over 15–23 October, target-price cuts outran raises 35 to 21, reversing late September's 10 to 3. Not one of the 728 reports said Sell.
49.0% on KOSPI, 31.9% on KOSDAQ — and on KONEX we cannot count at all
Split Korea's five-year profit streaks by listing board and the market-wide 37.7% comes apart. KONEX gets no figure: only 6 of its 107 companies filed annual accounts in all five years.
More Than Half of Korea's Material Filings Are Corrections of Earlier Ones
Of 816 material disclosures Korean listed companies filed in 28 days, 430 — 52.7% — are re-filings marked as corrections. Convertible bonds 72%, capital raises 65%, supply contracts 60%. Not advice.
Korea's short-margin balance has fallen two-thirds from its 2023 peak
The balance of shares borrowed for short-margin trading stood at 31.3 billion won on September 2, 2026 — down 43.1 percent from a year earlier and less than a third of its February 2023 high of 94.0 billion won.
Goldman's KOSPI upside went from 80% to 71.5%
Goldman Sachs kept its 12,000 KOSPI target unchanged. The 'upside' headline moved anyway — from about 80% to 71.5% — because two outlets, writing the same day, measured it against closes one 4.61% session apart.
A stock forecaster's low-end misses keep growing
A Korean outlet scores its own weekly KOSPI price forecasts against what actually happened. Three straight weeks: high forecasts stayed accurate, low forecasts missed by more each week — 2.89%, 6.61%, 8.10%.
HYBE's operating profit was ₩49bn. One expense line was ₩295bn.
HYBE out-earned Korea's other three listed K-pop majors combined in FY2025 revenue — but posted the only net loss among them, ₩254.4bn. The swing traces to one filed line, six times the size of operating profit, that is never itemised.
Korea's margin debt hit a record. It moved to KOSPI.
Korea's margin loan balance hit a record ₩38.6 trillion on 24 June 2026, up 50% year-on-year. KOSDAQ's share fell from 48% in 2021 to 21% today — this year's leverage moved into large-cap KOSPI, not the smaller, speculative market.
KOSPI hit 6,835.8, then fell 4% next day
A widely shared post said Korea's KOSPI closed at 6,835.8, up 0.23%. We checked it against the exchange's own data — it was exactly right, for that one day. The next session, the index dropped 3.99%.
Korea lists 2,767 stock lines — fewer than that are actual companies
Korea's stock market has 2,767 stock lines — but 115 are preferred shares (one company, two tickers) and 134 didn't trade today. The company count is lower.
Only 12 of Korea's 160 stock indices are up since the June peak
The KOSPI is up 125% in two years — a headline that hides the turn. From the 22 June peak, 148 of 160 indices have fallen, the median down 19.3%. The rally was chips; the correction is everything else. As of 3 Aug 2026. Not advice.
One in twenty listed Korean stocks didn't trade a single share
Korea's market is a barbell. On both days we've measured, two stocks were about half of all trading while roughly one in twenty listed issues traded nothing at all. A crowded head, a silent tail. Not advice.
Most Korea market-cap rankings count Samsung twice — here is the list when you do not
Samsung Electronics is 29% of the Korean stock market and SK hynix 21% — nearly half between them. Most rankings count Samsung twice, because its preferred shares list separately, pushing the true tenth firm off the table.
Korea's stock market and trade: the top four are half of everything
How concentrated is the Korean stock market? Rank Korea's stocks, or its export and import partners, and the top four are about half every time — every Gini past 0.9. KOSPI, KOSDAQ and trade, one pattern. Not advice.
Four stocks are half of Korea's entire stock market
Of 2,764 listed companies, the four biggest are 52% of all market value and the top ten are 60%. Samsung alone is a quarter. Meanwhile 1,822 KOSDAQ names together are just 7%. Korea's market is a few giants and a very long tail. Not advice.
KOSDAQ is 7% of the market's value but 16% of its trading
Value and trading are two different maps. KOSDAQ holds 7% of Korea's market cap yet did 16% of one day's trading — its shares turn over more than twice as fast as KOSPI's. And 137 listed companies didn't trade at all. Not advice.
Korea's listed market spreads across 61 industries by count, but its value sits in one
No industry is more than 11% of listed companies — electronics leads at 320 firms, then machinery, publishing and pharma. Yet our index work put electronics at 60% of KOSPI's value. The company roster is broad; the money is not. Not advice.
KOSPI fell 31% from its peak. It is still up 48% this year.
Korea's benchmark peaked at 9,114.55 on 22 June and closed at 6,257.45 on 3 August — down 31.3% in six weeks. But it ended 2025 at 4,214.17, so even after the drop it is up 48.5% year-to-date. Both are true at once. Not advice.
Korean banks are up 6% since the KOSPI peaked. The index is down 31% because it is 60% semiconductors.
Of 160 tradeable Korea Exchange indices, twelve have risen since 22 June. Electronics is 60.1% of KOSPI market capitalisation, fell 38.7%, and dragged the benchmark with it. Banks, pharma and staples never joined the fall.