00:03Kospi fell 3.52% on Thursday, erasing the prior day's gain.
00:08Retail and institutional buyers are stepping back.
00:12Foreign investors now set the direction almost alone.
00:15It's Friday, October 23rd.
00:17Here's what investors are watching in Korea today.
00:21Korea's benchmark has been swinging up and down on alternating days.
00:25Samsung Electronics has finished its share buyback, removing a steady buyer.
00:31Brokers have also tightened margin lending on major chip stocks.
00:35Here's what the numbers show.
00:37201.88 points was Kospi's drop to 5,533.77 at the close.
00:45Kostak lost 28.86 points to 764.10.
00:50Investor deposits fell to 89.6 trillion won, about $67.7 billion, on October 21st,
00:58the first reading below $90 trillion in nine months.
01:02They stood at 100.1 trillion won, about $75.6 billion, on October 13th.
01:09The won closed at 1,324.20 per dollar.
01:14Separately, margin balances for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell about 1% and 1.57% on the first
01:24day of tighter rules.
01:25So what does this mean for investors following Korea's market?
01:29Earlier, we said foreign investors now set the direction almost alone.
01:34Here's what that actually means for you.
01:36With retail cash thinning and the buyback over, small sell orders can swing the index, and foreign net buying is
01:44the main cushion.
01:45Foreign net buying in Friday's session.
01:48Whether deposits climb back above 90 trillion won, about $68 billion.
01:53Margin balances in the two chip giants.
01:56That's today's AI Prism Securities Daily.
01:59This episode was produced with AI Assistants, based on Seoul Economic Daily reporting, and reviewed by a human editor.
02:07AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series.
02:10We'll be back tomorrow.
