Officials celebrate the Korea Composite Stock Price Index surpassing the 8,000-point mark at a trading room of Hana Bank in Seoul on May 26, 2026. [YONHAP]
Korean retail investors sold over 1 trillion won ($641 billion) worth of overseas stocks in the first week of June, data showed Sunday, suggesting their possible return to the local stock market amid record-breaking gains led by semiconductor shares.
Local retailers sold a net $793.67 million worth of foreign stocks from Monday through Friday, continuing their net selling streak that began in April, according to the data from the Korea Securities Depository.
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The figure far surpassed the net selling of $469 million in April and approached the $939.77 million recorded in May.
