
An electronic board shows the benchmark KOSPI closing at 3,183.23 points, up 49.49 points from the previous session, at the main lobby of the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul's financial district of Yeouido, Thursday. The main index climbed to the highest level since Sept. 7, 2021, when it closed at 3,187.42 points. The market capitalization of the country's stock markets, including Kosdaq and KONEX, surpassed 3,000 trillion won ($2.18 trillion) mark for the first time. Yonhap