"Foreigners, please sell some stocks, we'll buy them"... 'Smart Ants' prop up the stock market
Individual investors are leading the South Korean stock market, with average daily net purchases of 820 billion won last month, absorbing sell-offs from foreign investors. There is also an expectation that the implementation of separate taxation on dividend income will attract more high-income financial investors to the market.
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""Foreigners, please sell some stocks, we'll buy them"... 'Smart Ants' prop up the stock market" — BullBear's AI rates this story as a mixed, direction-neutral signal, with a market-impact score of 15 out of 100. Individual investors are leading the South Korean stock market, with average daily net purchases of 820 billion won last month, absorbing sell-offs from foreign investors. There is also an expectation that the implementation of separate taxation on dividend income will attract more high-income financial investors to the market. Reported by Maeil Business on March 02, 2026. The call is verified against the actual 24-hour price move on BullBear's public conviction ledger.
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