{"id":42801,"date":"2025-01-06T08:24:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T02:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=42801"},"modified":"2025-01-06T08:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T02:54:43","slug":"asian-markets-kospi-gains-1-50-in-early-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/asian-markets-kospi-gains-1-50-in-early-trading\/42801\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: KOSPI gains 1.50% in early trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 11:50 a.m. Monday, 6 January 2025 (GMT+9), the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 1.50%, closing at 2,478.65 KRW. This marks a 36.72-point gain from the previous close of 2,441.93 KRW, demonstrating robust investor sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>The index opened at 2,453.30 KRW and fluctuated between 2,446.82 KRW and 2,480.92 KRW during the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KOSPI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The KOSPI, first introduced in 1983 with a base value of 100, is a key barometer of South Korea\u2019s economic performance. As a capitalization-weighted index, it tracks all common shares listed on the Korea Stock Exchange, including major players such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor. This makes the index a critical reference for analysts and investors closely monitoring Asian markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Disclaimer:<\/em><\/strong> This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Stock market investments are subject to risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 11:50 a.m. Monday, 6 January 2025 (GMT+9), the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 1.50%, closing at 2,478.65\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":24013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42801","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\/42801","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=42801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42802,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42801\/revisions\/42802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}