{"id":1849,"date":"2026-06-07T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2026-06-07T08:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:30:35","slug":"s-korean-retail-investors-sell-over-w1tr-won-in-overseas-stocks-in-1st-week-of-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/2026\/06\/07\/s-korean-retail-investors-sell-over-w1tr-won-in-overseas-stocks-in-1st-week-of-june\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korean retail investors sell over W1tr won in overseas stocks in 1st week of June"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wimg.heraldcorp.com\/news\/cms\/2026\/06\/07\/rcv.YNA.20260604.PGT20260604180101009_P1.jpg\" alt=\"Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 4, 2026 in New York City. (AFP-Yonhap)\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 4, 2026 in New York City. (AFP-Yonhap)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The figure far surpassed the net selling of $469 million in April and approached the $939.77 million recorded in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the trend continues through the end of this month, the net selling streak will extend to a third consecutive month for the first time since the April-July period of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selling streak, which has continued despite record highs in the three major US stock indexes &#8212; the S&amp;P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average &#8212; has fueled expectations that the Korean retail investors may return to the domestic stock market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea&#8217;s benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index hit a historic landmark of over 8,000 points in late May on expectations that the United States and Iran may be nearing a deal to end the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">source : <a href=\"https:\/\/m.koreaherald.com\/article\/10765371?sec=002\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/m.koreaherald.com\/article\/10765371?sec=002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/m.koreaherald.com\/article\/10765371?sec=002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South 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, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1851,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/1851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}