April 8, KOSPI falls after five days

[Infostock Daily= Reporter Park Hyo-sun] The KOSPI turned to a decline in five trading days on the 8th.

According to the Korea Exchange, the KOSPI closed at 1807.14, down 16.46 points (▼0.90%) from the previous trading day.

Individual investors net bought 459.6 billion won, while foreign investors sold 139.5 billion won and institutional investors sold 286 billion won.

By industry, securities (▼2.4%), transportation warehouses (▼1.9%), electrical and electronic (▼1.6%), and banks (▼1.4%) fell.

Samsung Electronics (▼2.02%), SK Hynix (▼1.52%), Samsung Bio Logics (▼1.04%), Naver (▼1.77%), Celltrion (▼1.43%), Hyundai Motor (▼0.44%), LG Household & Health Care (▼0.98%) fell.

On the other hand, LG Chem (▲1.29%) and Samsung SDI (▲2.04%) rose.

The KOSDAQ index closed at 607.37, up 0.47 points(▲0.08%) from the previous trading day.

Individual investors net bought 163.7 billion won.

On the other hand, foreign investors are net selling 101.6 billion won and institutional investors are 36.6 billion won.

By industry, paper wood (▲3.1%), transportation (▲1.6%), IT parts (▲1.6%), and telecom equipment (▲1.2%) rose.

Seegene (▲7.89%), KMW (▲3.25%), and SK Materials (▲2.90%) rose in the top market cap.

On the other hand, Celltrion Healthcare (▼2.79%), HLB (▼1.60), Pearl Abyss (▼2.35%), CJ ENM (▼0.66%), Celltrion Pharmaceutical (▼4.20%), Studio Dragon (▼0.66%), and HelixMith (▼3.12%) fell.

The won-dollar exchange rate closed at 1220.9 won per dollar, down 0.3 won (▼0.02%) from the previous trading day in the Seoul foreign exchange market.

Reporter Park Hyo-sun hs1351@infostock.co.kr