A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi closing at 8,901.49 points on June 2. [YONHAP]
Shares closed at a fresh high above the landmark 8,800-point level on Tuesday as tech shares continued to advance on optimism over AI, led by chip giant Samsung Electronics, offsetting a marketwide profit-taking mode.
The Kospi added 13.11 points, or 0.15 percent, to close at 8,801.49.
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The index opened higher and climbed to a record intraday high of 8,933.62 before reversing course and falling nearly 3 percent at one point amid profit-taking. It later recouped part of its losses but ended the session slightly higher.
