{
  "id": 434682,
  "title": "Seoul shares pare gains late Mon. morning on foreign selling",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/seoul-shares-pare-gains-late-mon-morning-on-foreign-selling",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T02:37:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260810004200320"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korean shares lost earlier gains late Monday as foreign investors kept selling major tech stocks, despite bargain hunting by retail and institutional investors. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) opened 0.76 percent higher but added only 25.15 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,283.92 by 11:20 a.m. Local time. Foreign investors sold around 619.7 billion won (US$437.8 million), canceling out a combined 598.2 billion won worth of buying from retail and institutional investors. The KOSPI ended down for a second day, hurt by foreign selling on Monday. Wall Street rose on Friday, driven by positive U.S. job reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.28 percent, while the S&P 500 added 0.62 percent to a new record. The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.3 percent. Korean technology firms largely drove the market. Samsung Electronics, after opening higher, slipped 0.11 percent, while chipmaker SK hynix rose 0.84 percent. The Korean won fell to 1,414.8 per U.S. dollar by 11:20 a.m., down 5.3 won from the previous day's close.",
  "summary": "SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares pared earlier gains late Monday m...",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul shares pare gains late Monday morning on foreign selling",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/seoul-shares-pare-gains-late-monday-morning-on-foreign-selling",
        "published": "2026-08-10T03:52:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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