KOSPI Falls on Net Selling by Foreign Investors... KOSDAQ Breaks Above 1,200 [Fn Afternoon Market Report]

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[Financial News] The KOSPI Composite Index was trading lower on the 24th. The KOSDAQ Index briefly rose above the 1,200 mark during the session.
As of 2:27 p.m. that day, the KOSPI Composite Index was down 2.57 points, or 0.04 percent, from the previous session at 6,473.41.
The index opened 20.29 points, or 0.31 percent, higher than the previous day, but foreign investors led the decline by selling more than 200 billion won. At the time, individual investors were buying 1.5937 trillion won worth of shares, while institutions were buying 575.3 billion won worth.
Samsung Electronics fell 2.34 percent, while SK hynix slipped 0.24 percent.
The KOSDAQ Index was trading at 1,200.09, up 25.78 points, or 2.20 percent, from the previous day.\r\n
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dschoi@fnnews.com Choi Du-seon Reporter