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The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) surged more than four percent in intraday trading Tuesday morning as investor sentiment toward semiconductors recovered.
The main bourse had gained 232-point-49 points, or four-point-25 percent, from the previous day’s closing and stood at five-thousand-701-point-96 as of 10:20 a.m.
The index had opened up 189-point-18 points, or three-point-46 percent, from the previous day, at five-thousand-658-point-65.
Program buying was briefly suspended on the main bourse for the first time in four sessions at 10:13 a.m. after the KOSPI 200 Futures index rose 43 points, or five-point-05 percent, from the previous day and hit 893-point-02.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ had increased 30-point-15 points, or four-point-15 percent, from the previous day to 757-point-36 as of 10:20 a.m.