Individual and Foreign Investors Post Average Losses of -21.28% and -8.77% in Top Holdings on July 14

According to Newsis, individual and foreign investors on July 14 incurred losses across their top-10 net-buy holdings in South Korean equities, marking an unprecedented concurrent downturn. Individual investors, who concentrated purchases on SK Hynix (11.06 trillion won) and Samsung Electronics (6.04 trillion won), recorded an average return of -21.28% among their 10 most-purchased holdings. SK Hynix showed approximately 17% losses, while several leveraged ETFs declined 20% to nearly 40%. Foreign investors, holding positions in semiconductor leaders and other diversified holdings, posted an average return of -8.77%.

Institutional investors fared relatively better, recording an average return of -6.20% and posting profits in 4 of their 10 top holdings. Financial stocks including KB Financial and Shinhan Financial shielded institutional portfolios amid the broader market decline.