{"id":42715,"date":"2025-01-02T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=42715"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:41:19","slug":"asian-markets-kospi-drops-0-08-as-trading-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/asian-markets-kospi-drops-0-08-as-trading-continues\/42715\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: KOSPI drops 0.08% as trading continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) recorded a slight decline of 0.08% as of 11:35 am Thursday, 2 January 2025 (GMT+9), reflecting a marginal drop of 1.85 points to stand at 2,397.65 KRW.<\/p>\n<p>After opening at 2,400.87 KRW, the index has seen fluctuations within the day\u2019s range of 2,386.84 KRW to 2,410.99 KRW.<\/p>\n<p>The previous close was 2,399.50 KRW. Despite the lack of trading volume data, the KOSPI\u2019s performance today highlights its volatility, influenced by its significant components, including Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KOSPI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The KOSPI, established in 1983 with a base value of 100, serves as a capitalization-weighted index monitoring all common shares on the Korea Stock Exchange. It remains a critical benchmark for investors tracking Asian markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) recorded a slight decline of 0.08% as of 11:35 am Thursday, 2 January\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-42715","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\/42715","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=42715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42716,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42715\/revisions\/42716"}],"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=42715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}