Korean stocks closed lower for the second consecutive session on Tuesday as investors remained cautious ahead of key global ...

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The Kospi slipped 0.5 percent in morning trade to 763.95. The markets in South Korea have been closed since Tuesday for holiday observances. In Japan, financial markets were closed Monday for a ...

The KOSPI now sits just beneath the 2,600-point plateau, although it's tipped to erase those losses on Thursday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive on optimism over the outlook ...

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.

The KOSPI market now rests just above the 2,620-point plateau although it may be stuck in neutral on Tuesday.

Such positions on the benchmark Kospi Index have reached more than 9 trillion won ($6.5 billion) as of July 9, according to the Korea Exchange website.