The benchmark Kospi gained 42.98 points, or 1.79 percent, to close at 2,441.92 to snap a five-session losing streak as ...

Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on the penultimate trading day of this year, after Wall Street declined on Friday.

The South Korea stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, surrendering almost 40 points or 1.7 percent along the way.

The Kospi Index has lost 5.6% since President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law imposition, while the small-cap Kosdaq Index has slid even more. The won weakened more than 2% against the dollar.

This decline in the past month has brought the overall value of KOSPI to 2,404.77 points. For context, Japan's Nikkei 225, ...

South Korea shares closed nearly 10% lower in 2024 amid political uncertainty and the Jeju Air plane crash on Sunday. On ...

Investing.com– Most Asian stocks were higher on Friday led by sharp gains in South Korean shares, while Chinese stocks ...

Stocks are drifting higher on Wall Street in light trading as U.S. markets reopen following the Christmas holiday.

The KOSDAQ index, which had risen for two consecutive transactions until Christmas Eve (24th), fell back in the last two days ...

The KOSPI and KOSDAQ closing prices and the won-dollar exchange rate are displayed on the monitor of Hana Bank's dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul on December 30, the closing day of the stock market ...

Asian shares are mostly higher in thin post-Christmas holiday trading. Oil prices rose. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index surged 1.1% ...

South Korea's Kospi declined 0.22% to close at 2,399.49, as the country grapples with political turmoil and downbeat industrial data, among other things. The small-cap Kosdaq, however, added 1.83% ...