Investors in the region are awaiting India's HSBC Composite flash purchasing managers' index reading for August expected ...

Shares closed lower for the third consecutive session Wednesday as big-cap tech shares tracked overnight losses of U.S. tech ...

In South Korea, the Kospi slid 1.52% and the Kosdaq retreated 1.77%. Meanwhile, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 opened 0.24% lower.

South Korea’s Kospi index rose over 1%, led by a gain in Samsung Electronics Co. shares. LG Display Co. climbed in Seoul ...

A palpable wave of caution swept across Asian markets on Tuesday, pulling stocks lower as investors retreated to the ...

Japan’s Nikkei 225 inched up 0.1 per cent after hitting a record high in the previous session, while the broader Topix index ...

South Korea’s benchmark Kospi surged 27 percent in the first half of 2025, its strongest performance in over two decades, as investor optimism swelled under the ...

KOSPI Likely To Find Support At 2,600 Points April 16, 2024 — 07:01 pm EDT Written by RTTNews.com for RTTNews -> ...

Park noted that from 1993 to 2023, U.S. GDP quadrupled, while the S&P 500 increased tenfold. By comparison, Korea’s GDP increased sevenfold during the same period, but the KOSPI only tripled.

The KOSPI now rests just shy of the 2,760-point plateau although investors may lock in gains on Monday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft amid mixed cues for interest rates.

The Kospi did not just return — it roared back. On Friday, South Korea’s benchmark index surged past the long-awaited 3,000 mark and kept climbing, closing at 3,021.84, up 1.48 percent from ...

The Kospi climbed 51% in the 1H87, 49% in 1986 and 41% and 34% in 1981 and 1988, respectively. More recently, the main board rose 23.6% in 1H09, as markets rebounded from the global financial crisis.