[Infostock Daily= Reporter Park Hyo-sun] The KOSPI index surpassed the 1750 mark on the 31st, as the New York stock market stabilized the day before, and the stock markets of major Asian countries also showed strong performance.
The stock market is looking for stability gradually away from the impact of Corona 19 (COVID-19), the securities industry sees.
According to the Korea Exchange, the KOSPI index closed at 1,754.64, up 37.52 points (▲2.19%) from the previous trading day.
In the KOSPI market, individual investors net bought 387.2 billion won, while foreign investors sold 73 billion won and institutional investors sold 291 billion won. Foreign investors have been net selling for 19 consecutive days.
By industry, pharmaceuticals (▲12.24%), construction (▲6.13%), paper wood (▲5.48%), and transportation equipment (▲3.56%) rose sharply.
Celltrion (▲23.78%), Samsung Bio Logics (▲7.11%), Naver (▲4.62%), Hyundai Motor (▲3.86%), LG Household & Health Care (▲1.82%), and Samsung C&T (▲1.47%), LG Chem (▲0.66%)n rose in the top market capitalization.
However, Samsung Electronics (▼0.21%) and SK Hynix (▼0.48%) fell.
The KOSDAQ market closed at 569.07, up 26.96 points (▲4.97%) from the previous trading day.
In the KOSDAQ market, individual investors net bought KRW 188.1 billion, while foreign investors sold KRW 99.7 billion and institutional investors sold KRW 76.2 billion.
By industry, distribution (▲20.35%) rose sharply, while pharmaceuticals (▲5.57%), IT software (▲4.40%), metals (▲4.09%), and finance (▲3.85%) also rose.
Celltrion Healthcare (▲30.00%), Celltrion Pharmaceutical (▲20.15%), HLB (▲4.17%), KomiPharm (▲3.94%), HelixMiss (▲2.84%), Pearl Abyss (▲2.34%), CJ ENM (▲1.07%), and Studio Dragon (▲1.96%) rose in the top market capitalization.
On the other hand, Seegene (▼8.18%) fell.
The won-dollar exchange rate fell 7.00 won (▼0.57%) to 1217.40 won in the Seoul foreign exchange market.
Reporter Park Hyo-sun hs1351@infostock.co.kr