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The stock market also fell sharply today (the 20th), breaking another low for the year.
In particular, the KOSPI index fell below the 2,400 line in 1 year and 7 months.
Correspondent Kim Jung-woo.
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The stock market shook again today.
Immediately after the 9 a.m. market opened, the KOSPI rose by more than 0.3%.
However, it immediately started falling again, falling nearly 3% around 2:30pm and eventually closing at a year-over-year low, down 2.04% from last Friday.
Major companies such as Naver and Kakao, as well as Samsung Electronics, the No. 1 market capitalization, recorded the lowest price within a year once again.
The KOSDAQ index also closed at 769.92, down 3.6% from last Friday, setting another one-day low for the year.
This was largely due to the fact that foreign investors sold more than 800 billion won in stocks in the two markets in one day alone.
As these foreigners exchanged their stock stakes into dollars, on the contrary, the won-dollar exchange rate rose to just before 1,300 won.
The won-dollar exchange rate, which had risen to 1,295.3 won at one point during the day, finished trading at 1,292.4 won, up 3.7 won.
As the afternoon began, the fact that Deputy Prime Minister Choo Kyung-ho said that the relevant authorities would take necessary measures was reported, and it is interpreted that some of the rises have decreased.