Record Close Meets Record Foreign Net Sale at KOSPI 7,490 | May 08 2026

Описание: KOSPI 7,490, Citi target 8,500, foreign investors net selling 7.15 trillion won — all on the same day. Three signals every active Korean trader needs to read together.


We break down what's behind the largest single-day foreign net sale in KOSPI history landing on a record-high day, why volatility-interruption calls doubled at the 9 a.m. open, and which ETF brand prefixes — RISE, TIME, HANARO — are concentrating the AI-semiconductor flow.


Sources:
• Citi Raises KOSPI Target to 8,500: Semiconductor Cycle Overcoming Oil Prices — Seoul Economic Daily, May 7, 2026
• KOSPI Wobbles at 9 a.m.: Volatility Interruption Calls Double in Early Trading — Seoul Economic Daily, May 7, 2026
• AI and Semiconductor Rally: KB Asset Management Retakes ETF Third Place — Seoul Economic Daily, May 7, 2026
• Bank of Korea Blog From Four Years Ago Resurfaces: Hike Rates to Break Inflation Expectations — Seoul Economic Daily, May 7, 2026


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