[Foreign Client Market Feedback | Korea Stock Market 2026-07-29]: Korean Stock Market Triggers Circuit Breaker for Second Consecutive Day, Semiconductor Panic Selling Intensifies

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KOSPI closed at 5,663.2 points, down 6.0%; KOSDAQ closed at 662.7 points, down 6.1%. Foreign client feedback: intraday selling pressure spread rapidly, some KOSPI tech stocks received capital support at close, narrowing declines. [Firecracker] Fund flows: KOSPI market foreign net sold 764 billion KRW, domestic institutions net bought 3.60 trillion KRW, retail net sold 2.93 trillion KRW; KOSDAQ market foreign net bought 337 billion KRW, domestic institutions net bought 146 billion KRW, retail net sold 482 billion KRW. Individual stocks: Samsung Electronics fell 4.5%, SK Hynix fell 9.5%, semiconductor equipment names SEMCO fell 8%, Joosung Engineering fell 10.5%, Wonik IPS fell 7.5%, EO Technics fell 9.5%, panic spread from memory leaders to entire industry chain related names. ...