Kospi hits 3,500 for first time

Oct 02, 2025, 09:37 am

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The Korea Exchange building in Seoul on October 2. / Source: Korea Exchange

The Kospi touched the 3,500 mark for the first time on October 2, lifted by strength in semiconductor shares.

As of the morning session, the benchmark index was up 1.67% at 3,513.52, according to the Korea Exchange.

Among the top 10 by market cap, Samsung Electronics (+3.84%), SK hynix (+7.50%), LG Energy Solution (+0.86%), Samsung Biologics (+0.30%), Samsung Electronics (pref., +2.50%) and Hyundai Motor (+1.16%) advanced, while Hanwha Aerospace (−1.46%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (−2.08%), KB Financial (−0.77%) and Doosan Enerbility (−0.15%) declined.

The Kosdaq rose 0.61% to 850.46.

Within Kosdaq heavyweights, Alteogen (+0.66%), EcoPro BM (+2.66%), Peptron (+1.00%), EcoPro (+1.27%), Samchundang Pharm (+1.42%) and HLB (+0.13%) gained, while Rainbow Robotics (−1.63%), PharmaResearch (−1.76%), LegoChem Biosciences (−0.61%) and ABL Bio (−0.53%) fell.

At 9:16 a.m., the won was trading at 1,404.10 per U.S. dollar, up 0.6 won from the previous session.

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