All-time high based on KOSPI closing price
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Losing stocks, rising stocks more than double
![The index is marked in Hana Bank's dealing room on the 13th, as the KOSPI index regained the 7,800 mark on the back of the rise of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. [Reporter Lee Seung Hwan]](https://www.europesays.com/korea/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/news-p.v1.20260513.42ba2a73296a45de8ab29c0571d1f98a_P1.jpg)
사진 확대 The index is marked in Hana Bank’s dealing room on the 13th, as the KOSPI index regained the 7,800 mark on the back of the rise of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. [Reporter Lee Seung Hwan]
With the KOSPI closing at an all-time high on the 13th, individuals have recently bought more than 10 trillion won in semiconductor stocks, driving the rise of the domestic stock market.
The KOSPI closed at 7844.01, up 200.86 points (2.63%) from the previous day. The KOSPI fell 129.50 points (1.69%) to 7513.65 and fell to 7,402.36 at one point during the day. However, it showed the 7,800-point level after turning upward due to a large influx of buying, mainly by individual investors.
Individual investors’ buying was concentrated in large semiconductor stocks such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Individuals bought a net more than KRW 1 trillion in Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix also bought KRW 846 billion.
On the same day, Samsung Electronics closed at 284,000 won, up 1.79% from the previous day, despite news on labor-management disputes. Since then, it has continued to rise in the NEXT aftermarket and closed at 286,500 won.
Recently, however, foreign investors have been trying to realize profits mainly in semiconductor stocks, but individual investors are showing the opposite. Individual investors’ buying spree of nearly 10 trillion won has continued for five consecutive trading days, driving stock prices higher.
SK Hynix, which is about to be listed on the U.S. Deposit Certificate (ADR), also closed up 7.68 percent at 1.976 million won. Since then, it has risen from NXT and closed at 1,992,000 won at the same time.
However, the index hit an all-time high based on the closing price of the day, but the number of falling stocks (602) exceeded the number of rising stocks (271). The KOSPI rose, but it was a day of mixed investors’ joys and sorrows depending on which stocks they have.
Samsung Electronics was sideways at 60,000 won in early last year, but has been on the rise in the second half of the year, and is now looking at 300,000 electronics.