KOSPI breaks through the 4,500-point mark for the first time, mainly driven by individual investors... SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics' stock prices hit record highs again.South Korea's KOSPI( Composite Stock Price Index closed above 4,500 points for the first time in history on January 6, 2026. Driven by a large-scale buying force from individual investors, the index turned to an upward trend during trading, and the stock market's momentum showed a clear upward trend, jumping over 100 points in just one day.
On that day, the KOSPI index closed at 4,525.48 points, up 67.96 points)1.52%( from the previous trading day. Although it opened lower and briefly fell below 4,400 points in the morning, the market atmosphere changed dramatically in the afternoon, and the gains widened. After breaking through 4,300 points on the 2nd of this month, it broke through 4,400 points the day before, and just a day later, it again reached the high of 4,500 points. This indicates that the market's upward momentum is rapidly spreading.
Leading the market are individual investors. On that day, at the Korea Securities Exchange, individual investors net bought as much as 5,963 billion won, driving the index. In contrast, foreign investors and institutional investors
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