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Yesterday (16th), our stock market that sparkled for a day sank again today.
In particular, as foreign investors sold a lot of stocks, the share price of Samsung Electronics, the No.
Today's first news, reporter Kim Jung-woo.
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Today's KOSPI is down again.
It tried to recover after the 2,400 line collapsed immediately after the 9 o'clock opening, but eventually ended with a decline of 0.4%.
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In particular, Samsung Electronics, the No. 1 company in market capitalization, fell to the 50,000 won level in 1 year and 7 months.
The stock price is down 40% from its peak at the beginning of last year and nearly 25% from the beginning of this year, and individual investors are sighing.
This year, foreigners and institutions were busy selling and selling Samsung Electronics stocks, but individuals bought 14 trillion won worth.
In particular, even after the decline started in earnest this month, I thought it was an opportunity to buy cheaply and net bought KRW 2.5 trillion.
[Mr A/Samsung Electronics Investor: When talking about 100,000 electronics, 80,000 won and 70,000 won broke, so I thought it was okay to go in.
'Cause it keeps falling
My co-workers just talk about it every day.]
Securities companies who recommended buying 100,000 electrons while making the phrase, are now lowering their target price one after another.
As the global economy is expected to deteriorate, it is analyzed that Samsung Electronics' earnings are also unstable.
[Park Gwang-nam / Mirae Asset Securities Digital Research Team Leader: It seems that the slowdown in product consumption is a factor affecting the overall semiconductor industry in Korea.
Rumors are circulating in the market that (new product) shipments may be delayed.]
Today's stock market recorded the lowest price in the year for nearly one-fifth of all listed companies.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Seung-hee)