Retail investors' buying fails to stem KOSPI's fall as foreign and institutional investors sell off

The KOSPI is falling on selling pressure from foreign and institutional investors on the 20th.

At 9:12 a.m., the KOSPI index was trading at 5,644.19, down 123.82 points (2.15%) from the previous day. Foreign and institutional investors are making net sales of 56.3 billion won and 164.8 billion won, respectively, while retail investors are making net purchases of 193.6 billion won.

Samsung Electronics is trading at 215,000 won, down 1.38%. SK Hynix showed 1,224,000 won, down 4.15%.

SK Square (-4.23%), Samsung Electric (-2.82%), Hyundai Motor (-1.84%), LG Energy Solution (-1.39%), Samsung Electronics preferred shares (-1.23%), Samsung Life Insurance (-0.82%), and KB Financial Group (-0.06%) are among the stocks falling.

The KOSDAQ index showed 793.41, down 15.48 points (1.91%). Foreign and institutional investors are making net sales of 61.6 billion won and 45.1 billion won, respectively, while retail investors are making net purchases of 108 billion won.

EcoPro BM (-4.92%), Jusung Engineering (-4.30%), Wonik IPS (-4.06%), EcoPro (-3.98%), RAINBOW Robotics (-2.65.), Iotech (-2.29%), Samchundang Pharm (-2.14%), Alteogen (-2.09%), HLB (-1.86%), and Lino Industrial (-1.59%) are among the stocks falling.