{"id":44034,"date":"2025-02-18T08:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/?p=44034"},"modified":"2025-02-18T08:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T03:13:43","slug":"asian-markets-kospi-gains-0-39-as-market-opens-with-slight-uptick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/east-asia\/south-korea\/asian-markets-kospi-gains-0-39-as-market-opens-with-slight-uptick\/44034\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian markets: KOSPI gains 0.39% as market opens with slight uptick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 11:50 am Tuesday, 18 February 2025 (GMT+9), the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) showed a modest gain of 0.39% as trading commenced. The index opened at 2,613.25 KRW, climbing 10.09 points from its previous close of 2,610.43 KRW to reach 2,620.52 KRW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KOSPI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During early trading, the KOSPI fluctuated within a range of 2,605.15 to 2,622.47 KRW. As a capitalization-weighted index tracking all common shares listed on the Korea Stock Exchange, KOSPI is widely regarded as a key indicator of South Korea\u2019s stock market performance. Its movements often reflect the performance of major companies such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor, making it a crucial benchmark for investors following Asian markets.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>: <\/em>This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 11:50 am Tuesday, 18 February 2025 (GMT+9), the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) showed a modest gain of\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-44034","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\/44034","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=44034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44037,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44034\/revisions\/44037"}],"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=44034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}