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first trading day of the new year, KOSPI has crossed the 2,900 mark for the first time ever and has a 3,000 mark in front.

Following last year, individual investors showed strong buying, leading the index to rise.



This is reporter Kim Jung-woo.



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On the first day of the New Year's stock market opening in 2021, the KOSPI index surpassed the 2,900 line for the first time during the week.



Private investors took over 700 billion won of stocks sold by institutions and foreign investors, leading the bull market.



Individual investors net bought over 1 trillion won until the end of the year, and the KOSPI closed at a record high of 2,944.45.



Since the 23rd of last month, it has risen for 6 consecutive trading days, entering the 3,000-leading range of visibility.



Although the market was held an hour late due to the opening event, the so-called'Donghak ants' crowded, and the trading value of the securities market exceeded 24.7 trillion won, raising the maximum.



As the Donghak ant fever and low interest rates continued, the outlook for improving corporate performance was gaining momentum, and major securities companies raised their outlook this year to more than 3,000.



[Nodonggil / NH Securities Researcher: I like to have low interest rates will continue and there of, I've nowhere to go money, the money towards assets that can be easily invested flows with a relaxed monetary policy and maintain]



the eyes of fear also There is.



This is because too much money is being poured into the financial market amid sluggish real economy such as production, employment, and consumption in the aftermath of Corona 19.



[Joyoungmu / LG Economic Research Fellow: If you loose money ssolril a particular asset bubble seems to increase such a pattern is likely to occur frequently, with greater width than in the past that suddenly collapse was formed]



Despite these concerns The expectation that the KOSPI, which exceeded the index of 2,000 for the first time in 2007, will be able to break even 3,000 is increasing.



(Video editing: Eunjin Choi, VJ: Mingu Jung)