2020 stock market close KOSPI 308 ↑ … Total individual net purchases of 475 trillion

Number one growth rate among G20 countries … Share of foreigners 38.2% → 35.7%
Market capitalization of 1.476 trillion → 1981 trillion … Average daily trade value 5 trillion → 12.2 trillion

This year, KOSPI made a new story by rising to an all-time high thanks to the purchase of individual investors called ‘Donghak Ant’.

According to the Korean Stock Exchange on the 30th, the KOSPI of the same day ended up trading at 2,873.47.

This is an all-time high and is 30.8% higher than at the end of last year (2,197.67).

This year’s KOSPI increase rate is the first among the top 20 countries (G20).

◇ ’47 .5 trillion net buy ‘Donghak Ant led the bull market
Kospi fell to 1,439.43 during the intraday on March 19 due to concerns about the economic slowdown due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

However, the stock market recovered quickly thanks to global economic stimulus measures, increased liquidity in the market, anticipation of vaccine development, and increased personal investment.

The number one contributor to raise the index this year is Donghak Ant.

In the stock market, for a year, individual investors bought net 47.5 trillion won, the most in history.

In terms of individual net purchases by industry, purchases were concentrated in the beneficiaries of new industries, such as electrical and electronics 15,974.9 billion won, service industry 6.69 trillion won, and transportation equipment 5,079. 8 million won.

The stock people bought the most were Samsung Electronics, whose net purchase amount reached 9.5952 billion won this year.

It was followed by Samsung Electronics Woo (6.11 billion won), Hyundai Motors (2.59 billion won), and Naver (2.55 billion won).

The exchange explained that the ants’ investment behavior has shifted from a short-term volatility-seeking product in the initial Corona 19 period to a stock that leads the industrial paradigm shift, such as not face-to-face.

Fueled by the Donghak ant craze, this year’s trading account increased by 6.12 million (20.7%) from 2.936 million at the beginning of the year to 3.548 million at the end of the year.

Foreigners and institutions that bought 1 trillion won and 8 trillion won respectively from KOSPI last year have turned to the sell edge by selling 24.06 trillion won and 25 trillion won this year.

In response, people supported the downside of the stock market by switching from net sales of 11 trillion won last year to net purchases this year.

The market capitalization share of foreigners decreased from 38.2% last year to 35.7% this year according to KOSPI.

Thanks to the ants’ enthusiasm to invest in stocks and increase market liquidity, KOSPI’s average daily trade value this year was 12.22 trillion won, more than double (144.5%) from last year (5 trillion won).

KOSPI’s average daily trading volume also increased 90.0% from 470 million shares last year to 900 million shares this year.

◇ Samsung Electronics’ market capitalization increased by 150 billion … BBIG industry is strong
KOSPI’s market capitalization this year ended at 1,981 trillion won, an increase of 505 trillion won (34.2%) from 1,476 trillion won at the end of last year.

By industry, the market capitalization of pharmaceuticals (77 trillion won → 150 trillion won), services (131 trillion won → 201 trillion won), and electrical and electronic equipment (502 trillion won → 749 trillion won) increased significantly.

Daejangju Samsung Electronics’ market capitalization increased by more than 150 trillion won in one year, from approximately 33.1 trillion won to 483 trillion won.

Samsung Electronics’ share of the market capitalization increased from 22.57% to 24.42%.

Comparing the market capitalization rankings with the end of last year, Samsung SDI and Kakao entered the top 10 in terms of market capitalization.

Instead, Hyundai Mobis and POSCO were kicked out of the top 10.

By industry, 15 sectors, including pharmaceutical (91.1%), electrical and electronic (47.4%), chemical (41.6%) and services (34.5%), which showed strong growth amidst the economic recovery and remote cultural diffusion.

In particular, the 5 types of the ‘KRX BBIG K-New Deal Index’, which consisted of the main stocks of the industry called ‘BBIG’ (batteries, bio, Internet and games) that led the bull market this year, exceeded 50 %, beating the KOSPI.

The rechargeable battery index is the highest with 109.6%, followed by BBIG 82.1%, bio 74.1%, Internet 71.8% and games 54.8%.

On the other hand, six sectors fell, including banks (-24.5%), textiles and clothing (-11.9%) and insurance (-7.6%), which had a major impact on the continued low interest rate .

The number of startups listed on KOSPI this year was 14, down from 15 last year.

However, due to the listing of IPOs such as SK Biopharm and Big Hit, the bid amount increased by 135.7% from 1.4 trillion won to 3 trillion won.

In addition, both KOSPI and KOSDAQ, the rate of increase of the share price compared to the offer price of the newly listed shares this year was 68.5% on average, the highest in the last decade.

/ yunhap news