[경제]The stock market surpasses 2,900 on the first trading day of the new year … Net individuals buying more than 1 trillion

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The KOSPI index, which broke the 2,800 line at the end of last year, shot up nearly 2.5% today, the first trading day of the new year, and broke the 2,900 line, looking at the 3,000 high.

After last year, individual investors still showed strong buying, and semiconductor, battery and auto stocks drove the index higher.

Reports from reporter Park Byung-han.

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Yeouido Korea Exchange, the first stock market opening event in the new year

As the KOSPI index surpassed the 2,800 line for the first time at the end of last year, trading started with great expectations.

[손병두 / 한국거래소 이사장 : 지난 한 해 코로나의 긴 어둠 속에서도 우리 자본시장은 경제 회복의 작은 희망의 빛을 보여주었습니다. 새해에는 이 작은 빛이 커져서 우리 경제를 비추고 자본시장은 실물 경기 회복을 발판으로 도약하는 한 해가 되기를 바랍니다.]

On the first trading day of the new year, the KOSPI was up 2.47%, closing at 2,944.45.

Kospi, which showed an uptrend for six consecutive business days, showed the possibility of a January effect after the Santa Rally late last year.

Individual investors posted net purchases of KRW 1.28 trillion, which raised the index, while foreign investors posted net purchases of KRW 84.2 billion, while institutional investors posted net sales of more than KRW 1 trillion.

Samsung Electronics, which surpassed 80,000 won on the last trading day of last year, traded at 83,000 won, the information continued, and SK Innovation rose more than 21% to 231,000 won.

[이나예 / 한국투자증권 수석연구원 : 삼성전자를 중심으로 반도체 종목들이 12월 수출 실적이 상당히 양호해 개선 기대감을 반영해 지속적인 상승세를 보였고 전기차, 2차전지 관련 종목들도 상당한 강세를 보였습니다.]

KOSDAQ ended up trading at 977.62, 0.95% more than in the previous chapter.

The KOSPI will break the 3,000 line smoothly this year due to the economic recovery and improving corporate performance, but the major securities firms forecast that the correction phase will be difficult due to the recent rapid rise in the index.

This is YTN Park Byung-han.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]