The Korean stock market is over 4.5% down to 6300 points

ON AUGUST 6, KOREA ' S COMBINED STOCK PRICE INDEX (KOSPI) DROPPED BY MORE THAN 4.5 PER CENT TODAY TO 6,200 POINTS. IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WEAK PERFORMANCE OF WALL STREET TECHNOLOGY UNITS OVERNIGHT, THE SIMULTANEOUS SALES OF FOREIGN AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS HAVE PUT A CLEAR STRAIN ON THE INDEX. ON THE SAME DAY, THE KOSPI INDEX STOOD AT 6296.38 POINTS, A DECREASE OF 301.88 POINTS COMPARED TO THE DATE OF THE PREVIOUS TRANSACTION, OR 4.58 PER CENT. FOREIGN INVESTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO BE NET-SOLD SINCE THE START OF THE BUSINESS, REACHING A TOTAL OF 3.9781 TRILLION WON ON THE SAME DAY. INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS ALSO SOLD 23,57.7 BILLION WON NET. INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS NETTED 41,062 TRILLION WON TO TAKE ON THE PRESSURE OF THE MARKET TO SELL, BUT THEY WERE NOT ENOUGH TO STOP THE INDEX FROM FALLING. SEMICONDUCTOR STOCKS WERE HIT DIRECTLY. THREE-STAR ELECTRONICS FELL BY 6.30 PER CENT FROM THE DATE OF THE PREVIOUS TRANSACTION AND SK HERCULES FELL BY 10.37 PER CENT. IN CONTRAST, THE MAJOR BATTERY ENTERPRISES PERFORMED RELATIVELY WELL. THE NEW LG ENERGY SOURCE ROSE BY 2.83 PER CENT TO RECEIVE 345,000 WON. IT ROSE BY 0.63 PER CENT TO 319,000 WON。