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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Last month, foreign investors turned to buying in the local stock market for the first time in four months. Foreigners bought semiconductor stocks intensively, while secondary battery stocks were sold.
According to the Korea Exchange on the 4th, foreigners recorded a 4.689 trillion won buying advantage in the local stock market in November, stopping selling that has continued for three consecutive months since August.
Samsung Electronics bought the largest number of stocks by foreigners last month, with net purchases of KRW 2.9 trillion. SK Hynix ranked second with 679 billion won.
Net purchases of the two stocks (2.688 trillion won) accounted for 80% of the total net purchase of the securities market (3.37 trillion won).
In contrast, the top two foreign net buyers in October were Ecopro (293 billion won) and Geumyang (189 billion won), which were secondary battery-related stocks.
Last month, POSCO Holdings sold the most shares by foreigners, showing a 370 billion won selling advantage. Samsung SDI (KRW 359 billion), POSCO Future M (KRW 324 billion), LG Chem (KRW 223 billion), and Eco Materials (KRW 136 billion).
Private investors, on the other hand, bought stocks related to secondary batteries. The top individual net buying stocks last month were POSCO Holdings (380 billion won), Eco Materials (279 billion won), POSCO Future M (273 billion won), and Samsung SDI (193 billion won).
In addition, the proportion of foreign transactions in the domestic stock market decreased last month compared to the previous month.
The portion of foreign transactions in the securities market stood at 26.28 percent, down 5.23 percentage points (p) from October (31.51 percent) and 14.98 percent on the KOSDAQ market, down 2.36 percentage points from 17.34 percent in October.
Alphabiz Reporter Kim Jisun(stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr)
