Market
Seoul shares make slight recovery after massive fall
Oct. 27, 2023
Korea’s benchmark stock index Kospi recovered to over 2,300 points on the back of bargain hunting on Friday, after experiencing a huge dip the day before. The Kospi closed at 2,302.81, up 3.73 points from the previous day. Despite massive sell-offs by foreign investors, retail investors and institutions backed the index, net buying 100.5 billion won ($74.1 million) and 221.9 billion won, respectively. Foreign investors sold off 378.9 billion won. The Kosdaq, Korea’s secondary bourse,