Daily Korea Market Report · as of 2026-08-24 close
The KOSPI closed at 6,696.96, down 3.12% on the day. It remains -26.5% below its recent peak. Our system’s Korea crash gate is currently blocking new entries — a high-volatility regime. Overall regime call: INFLATION.
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KOSPI Close
6,696.96
-3.12% · -26.5% vs peak
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Volatility (20d realized)
94.8
Panic ≥40
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USD/KRW
1,381.1
-0.70% · 1M -6.3%
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Regime
INFLATION
🔴 Entries blocked
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📝 Market Wrap
■ Market Overview & Leaders
KOSPI tumbled 3.12% to 6,696.96, briefly halting trade amid a 5% intraday slide, even as regional peers were mixed—S&P 500 +0.43%, Nikkei -0.74%, Taiwan TAIEX -1.02%. The won firmed, with USD/KRW down 0.70% to 1,381.07. Samsung Electronics (-8.7%), Samsung Life (-13.1%), Samsung C&T (-7.8%), SK (-6.3%) and KCC (-6.6%) led losses, while battery/materials names rallied hard: POSCO Future M (+10.3%), Korea Zinc (+8.6%), LG Chem (+8.1%) and Samsung SDI (+7.7%). KOSDAQ bucked the trend, up 1.42% to 813.34.
■ Flows & Breadth
Notably, large-cap breadth showed 25 advancers versus 12 decliners—a clear divergence from the index’s sharp drop, underscoring how concentrated Samsung-linked weakness skewed the headline number. Headlines confirm foreign and institutional selling pressured KOSPI, while KOSDAQ gained on net foreign buying. The system risk gate remains blocked amid high volatility.
■ Takeaway
With index moves diverging sharply from broad-based strength, single-stock concentration risk around Samsung remains a headline distortion worth caution for global investors tracking KOSPI as a proxy. 📉
📊 Market Snapshot
| Index | Close | 1D | 5D | 1M | vs Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOSPI | 6,696.96 | -3.12% | -4.0% | -5.6% | -26.5% |
| KOSDAQ | 813.34 | +1.42% | -5.9% | +2.9% | -33.7% |
| S&P 500 | 7,674.37 | +0.43% | -1.4% | +3.6% | -1.6% |
| USD/KRW | 1,381.1 | -0.70% | -2.4% | -6.3% | -11.2% |
| Nikkei 225 | 65,528 | -0.74% | -5.3% | -1.3% | -9.4% |
| Taiwan TAIEX | 44,762 | -1.02% | -2.4% | +2.5% | -6.2% |
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🏷️ Large-Cap Movers (Today)
| Gainers | Chg | Losers | Chg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 포스코퓨처엠 | +10.3% | 삼성생명 | -13.1% |
| 고려아연 | +8.6% | 삼성전자 | -8.7% |
| LG화학 | +8.1% | 삼성물산 | -7.8% |
| 삼성SDI | +7.7% | KCC | -6.6% |
| 포스코인터내셔널 | +5.9% | SK | -6.3% |
Large-cap breadth: 25 up · 12 down (of 40)
The index fell, but more stocks rose than fell — losses were concentrated in a few heavyweights.
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🔄 Sector Rotation
| Sector | 1M | 3M | Score | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 부동산/리츠 | +21.4% | +156.6% | 113.1 | — |
| 반도체/IT | -3.4% | -27.0% | -0.3 | Growth |
| 통신/인터넷 | +4.5% | -4.4% | -2.2 | Growth |
| 에너지 | +0.4% | -0.5% | -2.9 | Defensive |
| 유틸리티 | -11.3% | -33.7% | -5.4 | Defensive |
| 화학/소재 | +2.3% | -11.7% | -5.4 | Growth |
| 필수소비재 | +5.3% | -1.3% | -5.4 | Defensive |
| 금융 | +1.7% | -8.5% | -6.1 | Defensive |
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📐 Market Breadth
(40 names)
| Above 200-DMA | Above 50-DMA | Up over 1M | 52-wk highs | 52-wk lows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 45% | 50% | 0% | 0% |
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📰 Headlines (English coverage of Korea)
- Kospi snaps back, led by Samsung, SK Hynix on share buyback hopes — KED Global
- Samsung Electronics Shares Plunge Over 8%, Dragging South Korea’s KOSPI Index Lower — TradingKey
- Korean ‘ants’ swarm back to Wall Street as KOSPI rout dents homecoming drive — Reuters
- Korean Retail Investors Hunt High-Coupon ELS After Kospi Crash — Briefs Finance
- [Opening Market] KOSPI Battles Around 6,800 Amid Mixed Tech Moves — Businesskorea
- South Korea’s KOSPI briefly halts trade after 5% slide as SK Hynix, Samsung tumble — Investing.com
- With the KOSPI on the rise this month, shareholder returns of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, Nvid.. — 매일경제
- Foreign, institutional selling drags KOSPI as KOSDAQ rises on net foreign buying – CHOSUNBIZ — Chosunbiz
Headlines are credited to their publishers — click a headline to open the original article.
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🌐 Macro Dashboard
| Indicator | Level | 1M | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 10Y yield | 0.82 | — | — |
| Dollar Index (DXY) | 118.90 | -1.5% | — |
| Gold | 4,707 | +15.7% | ▼ |
| WTI Crude | 86.50 | +6.9% | — |
| Bitcoin | 77,491 | +22.1% | ▲ |
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🌡️ Regime & Risk Diagnosis
- Regime call: INFLATION — Inflationary — growth with rising price pressure
- Allocation guide: Tilt toward real assets and value
- Crash gate: 🔴 Blocking new entries
- 5-day index return +1.5% (threshold -8%) · 20-day realized vol 94.8 (threshold 40) — the system automatically resumes new entries once both metrics normalize.
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🎯 System Watchlist
Sectors in focus: 금융 14 names · 반도체/IT 6 names · 필수소비재 3 names · 화학/소재 1 names · 바이오/헬스 1 names
| Name | Mkt | Sector | Style | Score | Target | Stop | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 한화생명 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 동국홀딩스 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| LS | KR | 금융 | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 스틱인베스트먼트 | KR | 금융 | Squeeze | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 삼성전기 | KR | 반도체/IT | Swing | 100 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 오리온 | KR | 필수소비재 | Swing | 90 | +29.2% | -14.6% | Watching |
| 롯데정밀화학 | KR | 화학/소재 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 삼성전자 | KR | 반도체/IT | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 현대지에프홀딩스 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 무학 | KR | 필수소비재 | Squeeze | 90 | +17.3% | -8.6% | Watching |
| DB손해보험 | KR | 금융 | Swing | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
| 대웅제약 | KR | 바이오/헬스 | Squeeze | 90 | +20.0% | -10.0% | Watching |
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🩺 System Health Check
- Risk gate: 🔴 Blocking new entries
- [KR Crash Gate] 실현변동성 20일 94.8 ≥ 40 — 패닉 국면, 신규 진입 차단
- Circuit breaker: 🟢 Normal
- Entry attempts blocked by the gate today: 44
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🤖 System Trading Status
No positions closed today.
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Published 2026-08-24 15:51 KST
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