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KOSPI breaks 4,800 for first time, 4 percent away from 5,000

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South Korea's KOSPI index broke above 4,800 for the first time in intraday trade. At 9:10 a.m. on Jan. 16, it was up 0.14 percent at 4,804.25 after opening 0.43 percent higher at 4,820.66, with gains later easing. The index also set a new intraday record above the previous high of 4,797.55. It has risen for 11 straight sessions, its third-longest streak.

Writer Oh Sang-yeop
published 2026-01-16 09:31:22

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The KOSPI broke above the 4,800 mark for the first time intraday.

On Jan. 16, the KOSPI was trading up 0.14 percent at 4,804.25 as of 9:10 a.m. It opened up 0.43 percent at 4,820.66 from the previous session, before the rise eased. It again renewed the intraday record high of 4,797.55 set a day earlier.

The KOSPI has risen for 11 straight sessions, the longest such streak after Sept. 4 to 24, 2019 (13 sessions) and March 23 to April 7, 2006 (12 sessions).

That leaves less than 200 points to the "dream 5,000."

Oh Sang-yeop yub@d-today.co.kr

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