{"id":40957,"date":"2024-11-26T07:49:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=40957"},"modified":"2024-11-26T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T02:19:58","slug":"asian-markets-kospi-index-drops-0-6-as-markets-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/asian-markets-kospi-index-drops-0-6-as-markets-open\/40957\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: KOSPI index drops 0.6% as markets open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dipped 0.6% on Tuesday morning, at 2,519.18 KRW as of 11:13 a.m. Korean Standard Time. This marks a decline of 15.17 points compared to its previous close of 2,534.35 KRW.<\/p>\n<p>The market opened at 2,521.39 KRW, slightly lower than the previous close, and has fluctuated within the day\u2019s range of 2,514.94 KRW to 2,526.62 KRW. Investors closely monitor the index, which reflects the performance of leading companies in South Korea, such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KOSPI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First introduced in 1983 with a base value of 100, the KOSPI is a key barometer of South Korea\u2019s stock market and broader economic health. The index\u2019s capitalization-weighted structure means its performance is heavily influenced by the largest companies listed on the Korea Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Disclaimer: <\/em><\/strong>This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dipped 0.6% on Tuesday morning, at 2,519.18 KRW as of 11:13 a.m. Korean\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":28199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-korea"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40958,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40957\/revisions\/40958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}