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KOSPI Kangbo-Hop closes… Strong medical precision/pharmaceutical industry | Hankyung.com

The KOSPI index closed slightly higher on the 30th. Individuals and foreigners net sold close to 200 billion won, but institutional net buying prevented this.

On this day, the KOSPI index finished trading at 2746.74, up 5.67 points (0.21%) from the previous day.

In the stock market, individuals and foreigners sold 137.6 billion won and 11.1 billion won, respectively, while institutions net bought 160.4 billion won. Individuals turned to a net selling trend for the first time in four days, and foreigners maintained a net selling trend for three days in a row.

By industry, medical precision (1.87%), pharmaceuticals (1.83%), and transportation equipment (1.26%) showed strength on the same day, while telecommunications (-2.46%), steel/metal (-2.14%), and non-metallic minerals (- 1.74%) and machinery (-1.41%) showed weakness.

Most of the stocks with the highest market capitalization rose while there was no significant momentum in the stock market. Samsung(69,900 -0.43%)(%), LG Energy Solutions(440,500 -0.11%)(%) decreased slightly while SK hynix(121,000 +0.83%)(%), NAVER(339,000 +1.50%)(%), Samsung Biologics(844,000 +1.93%)(%), cacao(106,500 +0.95%)(%), Hyundai(181,000 +2.55%)(%), Samsung SDI(561,000 +3.51%)(%), LG Chem(525,000 +0.38%)(%) increased.

Meanwhile, the KOSDAQ index also rose slightly. The index closed at 939.07, up 1.24 points (0.13%) from the previous trading day.

Among the top-ranked stocks by market cap, some stocks showed a sharp decline.

AhnLab first(122,800 -11.72%)The stock plummeted after news broke that Ahn Cheol-soo, chairman of the transition committee, had resigned from the new government’s prime minister position. At a press conference on the same day, Chairman Ahn said, “I decided that it would be better to open up a space for President-elect Yoon to express his will for the management of the state.” I conveyed my intention not to participate directly (to Yoon-elect).” AhnLab closed at 122,800 won, down 16,300 won (11.72%) from the previous day.

Edison EV(11,600 0.00%)U&I, which is the largest shareholder of(11,100 ↓29.75%)recorded a lower price on the day. This is because of the news that Edison EV was on the verge of delisting after receiving an audit opinion ‘rejected’ in the audit report.

Shin Min-kyung, reporter at Hankyung.com radio@hankyung.com

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