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fell sharply, breaking the 2,300 line of the KOSPI.
The fact that the US raised interest rates sharply for the third time in a row and countries around the world are tightening one after another is interpreted as weakening investor sentiment.
Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam.
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Today (23rd), the KOSPI started to decline as soon as trading started and closed at 2,290, down 1.81% from the previous trading day.
It is the first time in over two months since July that the KOSPI has fallen below the 2,300 line, but in terms of the closing price, it is the lowest level since October 2020.
After the U.S. central bank raised the key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points three times in a row, global central banks have continued to tighten austerity measures.
Today, foreign and institutional investors sold 190.3 billion won and 250.9 billion won worth of stocks, respectively, bringing down the index, and individual investors alone bought 431.1 billion won, but it was not enough to prevent the index from falling.
Most of the top 10 stocks by market cap fell.
LG Energy Solutions recorded minus 5.73%, while Samsung SDI, SK Hynix and LG Chem dropped to around 3%.
The KOSDAQ also closed 2.93% lower than yesterday.
The won-dollar exchange rate rose to 1411.2 won at one point in the afternoon, and ended up trading at 1409.3 won, down 0.4 won from yesterday.