Main stock market's turnover falls to year-to-date low in August
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- Turnover of South Korea's main bourse hit the lowest ...
South Korea's main stock market witnessed its lowest turnover of the year in August, following a significant decline in July, according to data released on Tuesday. The average daily turnover of the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) reached slightly above 25.7 trillion won (US$18.2 billion) in August, marking the lowest point since January, when it hit 27 trillion won.
The turnover surged to over 50 trillion won in May and June, when the KOSPI experienced a bull run. However, since the record downturn in July, the average daily turnover has dropped to 36.8 trillion won in the previous month.
Kim Seok-hwan, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities, explained that the recent decrease in the daily turnover is a normalization of stock transactions that had become excessively high in the first half of 2026.
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