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KOSPI loses cash and conviction
SEOUL, September 03 (AJP) -The KOSPI's summer hangover has followed it into September. Money is leaving South Korea's stock market, retail investors are nursing losses and foreign funds remain hesitant. Increasingly, the buyers keeping the market afloat are the companies themselves. The benchmark KOSPI managed a 0.26 percent gain Thursday to 6,579.48 despite net selling by all three major investor groups. Retail investors sold 955 billion won, foreigners 419.5 billion won
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