SEOUL STOCKS START THE WEEK ON POSITIVE NOTE

Highlights

• KOSPI went up by 8.95 points or 0.46 percent to 1,936.23 in late Monday morning

• Most of the pharmaceutical companies including Samsung BioLogics and Celltrion saw a rise of 1.82 and 0.69 percent respectively

• Investor sentiment was larg...

SEOUL STOCKS START THE WEEK ON HIGHER SIDE

Highlights

• Despite gains by various stocks, South Korea’s top cap Samsung Electronics went down by 0.31 percent in early morning trading

• Seoul has reported fresh cases of COVID-19 that are linked to the bars and pubs across the city

As the result ...

SEOUL STOCKS START ON POSITIVE NOTE

Highlights

• KOSPI went up by 23.51 points to 1,918.88 in the first 15 minutes of Wednesday’s trading

• Market situation is stabilizing every passing day as majority of countries are gradually reopening their economies

• Majority of large-cap sto...

SEOUL: STOCK MARKET CLOSES AT A LOWER NUMBER

South Korean shares saw a fall of 1.3 percent, which is the sharpest decline in the period of a week courtesy of economic data which predicts recession, majorly in the United States and Europe. Coronavirus pandemic has been cited as the key reason for recession. The currency of South Korea &ldquo...

SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL STOCKS TAKE A LOW START

Highlights

• Despite gains by the U.S. stocks is Seoul open lower at 1,827.35 points that is around 1.79 percent less than Friday

• Outbound shipments in South Korea fell down to $12.2 billion in last 10 days of April

• Closing down of borders by vario...

MONDAY UPDATE – SEOUL STOCK MARKET

Highlights –

• Stocks traded lower, late Monday (KST)
• U.S. Federal Reserve slashed its key rate to 0.25  percent
• KOSPI shed 5.10 points as of 11:20 A.M (KST)

South Korea reported 74 new cases of the new coronaviru...

THURSDAY UPDATE – SEOUL STOCK MARKET EXTEND LOSSES

Highlights –

• U.S. President addressing speech over COVID-19 led to a further decline in the stock market
• KOSPI plummeted to 86.55 points, the main index fell by 3 percent
• KOSPI's extended drop comes after Trump suspended all trave...