{"id":43663,"date":"2025-02-06T08:38:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=43663"},"modified":"2025-02-06T08:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T03:08:38","slug":"asian-markets-kospi-rises-0-65-as-market-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/asian-markets-kospi-rises-0-65-as-market-opens\/43663\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: KOSPI rises 0.65% as market opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) opened higher on Thursday, climbing <strong>0.65%<\/strong> to <strong>2,525.61 KRW<\/strong> as of <strong>11:57 am KST<\/strong>. The index gained 16.33 points from its previous close of 2,509.28 KRW, reflecting positive momentum in the South Korean stock market.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark index, which tracks all common shares listed on the Korea Exchange, opened at <strong>2,521.82 KRW<\/strong> and has traded within a range of 2,515.34 KRW to 2,528.81 KRW so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KOSPI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Investors are closely watching key companies such as <strong>Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor<\/strong>, which significantly influence the index\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Since its introduction in 1983 with a base value of <strong>100<\/strong>, the KOSPI has been a key indicator of South Korea\u2019s equity market and is widely followed by investors monitoring the <strong>Asian markets<\/strong>.<\/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) opened higher on Thursday, climbing 0.65% to 2,525.61 KRW as of 11:57 am\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-43663","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\/43663","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=43663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43665,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43663\/revisions\/43665"}],"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=43663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}