Daily Korea Market Report · as of 2026-11-09 close
The KOSPI closed at 5,018.85, down 0.81% on the day. It remains -32.9% below its recent peak. Our system’s Korea crash gate is currently blocking new entries — a high-volatility regime. Overall regime call: RISK-OFF.
🤖 What the system did since the last report
New entries: 0 · Exits: 0 · Open positions: 0
New KR entries are blocked · 1 candidates blocked today.
Paper season 2 (10/31~) has no exits to score yet.
Candidates whose score collapsed on today’s re-scoring: TS Corp. 100→15 · Muhak 90→10 · Hanssem 100→23 · Samjin Pharmaceuticals 90→13 · Cuckoo Holdings 100→23
📊 Market Snapshot
| Index | Close | 1D | 1M |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOSPI | 5,018.85 | -0.81% | -24.3% |
| KOSDAQ | 638.97 | -0.82% | -28.4% |
| S&P 500 | 7,376.86 | +0.31% | -5.0% |
| USD/KRW | 1,347.0 | -0.69% | +0.3% |
| Nikkei 225 | 58,776 | +2.33% | -16.1% |
| Taiwan TAIEX | 41,662 | +4.94% | -16.4% |
🧭 Sector Snapshot
| Sector | 1D | 1M | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio/Health | +0.6% | +11.2% | Samsung Biologics -0.4% |
| Financials | +0.1% | -16.6% | SK Square -0.3% |
| Travel/Leisure | -0.1% | -3.8% | Kangwon Land -2.6% |
| Energy | -0.4% | -14.6% | KEPCO -1.6% |
| Telecom/Internet | -1.1% | +1.1% | NAVER -1.6% |
| Defense/Industrials | -2.6% | -26.6% | Samsung C&T Corp. -1.5% |
| Consumer Staples | -2.7% | +3.5% | KT&G Corp. -3.9% |
| Utilities | -2.7% | -42.3% | LS ELECTRIC -4.1% |
| Consumer Discretionary | -3.5% | -6.6% | BGF Retail -2.9% |
| Autos | -3.5% | -16.0% | Hyundai Motor -2.9% |
| Chemicals/Materials | -3.6% | -17.6% | POSCO Holdings -2.3% |
| Semiconductors/IT | -3.8% | -30.6% | Samsung Electronics +0.6% |
Sector moves are the simple average of the top 5 names by market cap; the leader is the largest name.
🏢 Leader Fundamentals
Latest results for the same leaders, separate from today’s price move.
| Leader | PER | Rev | EPS | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Biologics | 31.2 | +30% | +33% | 4/4 |
| SK Square | 1.7 | +967% | +1204% | 4/4 |
| Kangwon Land | 9.8 | -4% | +77% | 4/4 |
| KEPCO | 2.9 | -0% | -76% | 4/4 |
| NAVER | 13.2 | +16% | +44% | 4/4 |
| Samsung C&T Corp. | 14.0 | +20% | +67% | 4/4 |
| KT&G Corp. | 13.8 | +10% | +164% | 4/4 |
| LS ELECTRIC | 24.2 | +32% | +76% | 4/4 |
| BGF Retail | 10.0 | +6% | +8% | 4/4 |
| Hyundai Motor | 6.9 | -3% | — | 4/4 |
| POSCO Holdings | 9.7 | +10% | +328% | 4/4 |
| Samsung Electronics | 2.9 | +127% | +536% | 4/4 |
Revenue and earnings are year-over-year growth for the latest quarter (Yahoo Finance); Profit counts operating-profit quarters in the last 4.
🏷️ Large-Cap Movers (Today)
| Gainers | Chg | Losers | Chg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Life Insurance | +1.1% | Samsung SDI | -11.3% |
| SK | +0.7% | COWAY | -7.6% |
| Samsung Electronics | +0.6% | Hanwha Solutions Corp. | -6.9% |
| SK hynix | +0.4% | HMM | -6.3% |
| Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance | +0.3% | Lotte Chemical Corp. | -5.8% |
🌊 Volatility
Today’s high-low range was 3.6% of the prior close; the 20-day average daily move is 3.1%. 20-day realized volatility is 58.6, with 11 of the last 20 sessions moving ±3% or more.
🌡️ Market Mood
- KOSPI net buying (KRW 100M): foreigners -6,903 · institutions +7,168 · retail -4,880
- Of 40 large caps: 5 up · 35 down
- Above 200-DMA 15% · above 50-DMA 10% · up over 1M 15% · 52-week highs 0% · lows 10%
📰 Headlines (English coverage of Korea)
- KOSPI Composite Index (^KS11) charts, data and news — Yahoo Finance UK
- South Korea stocks plunge as US midterm results spark AI selloff — Reuters
- Another ‘Black Friday’ for Kospi with over 6% fall; officials scurry to contain fallout with stopgap measures — KED Global
- South Korea’s KOSPI halts trade after 8% wipeout on AI losses — Investing.com
- [Opening Market] KOSPI Battles to Hold 5,000 Amid Heavy Foreign Selling — Businesskorea
Headlines are credited to their publishers — click a headline to open the original article.
🌐 Macro Dashboard
| Indicator | Level | 1M |
|---|---|---|
| US yield spread (10Y-3M) | +0.67%p | — |
| Dollar Index (DXY) | 121.67 | +0.0% |
| Gold | 4,120 | -2.3% |
| WTI Crude | 99.60 | +4.5% |
| Bitcoin | 74,097 | -9.7% |
🌡️ Regime & Risk Diagnosis
- Regime call: RISK-OFF
- System new entries: 🔴 Blocking new entries
🎯 System Watchlist
Sectors in focus: Defense/Industrials 6 names · Financials 5 names · Consumer Staples 5 names · Semiconductors/IT 3 names · Telecom/Internet 1 names
| Name | Sector | Score | Target/Stop |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAEDUCK ELECTRONICS | Semiconductors/IT | 100→30 | +20% / -10% |
| KSS Line | Defense/Industrials | 80→29 | +18% / -9% |
| Samsung Electro-Mechanics | Semiconductors/IT | 80→29 | +20% / -10% |
| Dong-Ah Geological Engineering Company | Defense/Industrials | 90→27 | +18% / -9% |
| LG CNS | Telecom/Internet | 90→27 | +20% / -10% |
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Published 2026-11-09 16:02 KST
For information only — not investment advice or a solicitation. All investment decisions are your own responsibility.
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