Retail investment sentiment is sluggish, and the influence of individual investors in the Korean stock market is rapidly declining. At the beginning of this year, individual investors also took on foreign sell-off pressure and contributed nearly half of the transaction amount. However, after entering July, its share of transactions had dropped to around 30%. Some analysts believe that as the stock market waits for capital also dwindles, this is not only a simple transformation of trading entities, but also means that individual investors' own “ammunition” is running out. According to news from the Korea Exchange on the 3rd, individual investors accounted for 31.58% of the transaction amount in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index market in July. Compared to 48.11% in January, this ratio fell sharply by 16.53 percentage points in 7 months. In the same period, the share of foreign transactions reached 37.91%, leading individual investors by 6.33 percentage points.

Retail investment sentiment is sluggish, and the influence of individual investors in the Korean stock market is rapidly declining. At the beginning of this year, individual investors also took on foreign sell-off pressure and contributed nearly half of the transaction amount. However, after entering July, its share of transactions had dropped to around 30%. Some analysts believe that as the stock market waits for capital also dwindles, this is not only a simple transformation of trading entities, but also means that individual investors' own “ammunition” is running out. According to news from the Korea Exchange on the 3rd, individual investors accounted for 31.58% of the transaction amount in the Korea Composite Stock Price Index market in July. Compared to 48.11% in January, this ratio fell sharply by 16.53 percentage points in 7 months. In the same period, the share of foreign transactions reached 37.91%, leading individual investors by 6.33 percentage points.