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KOSPI Up 2.42% Friday

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 164-point-six points, or two-point-42 percent, on Friday to close at six-thousand-977-point-94.

Korean Companies Build Cash as Households Shift Funds Into Stocks

South Korea’s money supply continued to expand for an eighth consecutive month in June, driven by a sharp increase in liquidity held by companies, while household funds shifted from monetary financial…

  • South Korea's M2 money supply grew 0.7% in June, highest since Nov 2025
  • Corporate liquidity surged 45.7 trillion won, mainly from semiconductor export profits
  • Households reduced M2 holdings by 19.8 trillion won, moving funds to stocks and ETFs

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