{"id":176175,"date":"2025-06-11T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176175\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:02:12","slug":"south-koreas-stock-market-rises-to-3-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/176175\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s stock market rises to 3-year high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s main stock index surged to a more than three\u2011year high on Wednesday, driven by gains in technology and auto stocks, as well as continued foreign investor interest, according to Yonhap News.<\/p>\n<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) climbed 35.19 points, or 1.23%, to close at 2,907.04 points, its highest level since Jan. 14, 2022, when it reached 2,921.92 points.<\/p>\n<p>The trading volume was high, with 383.5 million shares exchanged worth 12.3 trillion won (about $9 billion). Advancers outpaced decliners 600 to 281.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign investors extended their buying streak for a sixth consecutive session, boosting sentiment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key movers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Seoul, Samsung Electronics rose 1.18% to 59,900 won, while chipmaker SK Hynix increased 4.12% to 240,000 won.<\/p>\n<p>Hyundai Motor gained 2.03% to 201,000 won, while Kia rose 2.54% to 96,900 won. Hyundai Mobis, an auto parts supplier, rose 4.91% to 288,500 won.<\/p>\n<p>Doosan Enerbility, which operates in the nuclear sector, increased 6.46% to 51,100 won. Kakao, the operator of South Korea&#8217;s most popular mobile messaging app, rose 2.8% to 51,400 won.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decliners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defense and shipbuilding stocks slipped on profit-taking. Hanwha Aerospace fell 3.31% to 905,000 won, while HD Hyundai Heavy Industries dropped 2.11% to 418,000 won.<\/p>\n<p>Financials have also weakened. KB Financial fell 3.34% to 107,200 won, while Shinhan Financial dropped 1.81% to 59,800 won.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL South Korea\u2019s main stock index surged to a more than three\u2011year high on Wednesday, driven by gains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3091],"tags":[5340,51,2441,525,977,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-176175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-markets","11":"tag-south-korea","12":"tag-stock-market","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114665813241146373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}