Foreign investors last month net purchased KRW 4.2 trillion won in domestically listed stocks, extending their net buying streak to six months. Shown is the electronic display board on Nov. 13 at the dealing room of Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Yonhap News)

By Lee Dasom

Foreign investors in October extended their streak of net stock buying in the country to six months with over KRW 4 trillion won.

The Financial Supervisory Service on Nov. 14 said in a report on October trends in foreign stock investment that such purchases reached KRW 4.2 trillion.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index saw net foreign buying of KRW 4.19 trillion and the secondary market KOSDAQ KRW 10 billion.

As of Oct. 31, the value of foreign-owned listed stocks reached KRW 1,248.9 trillion, a rise of KRW 234.3 trillion from September.

By country, the U.K. (KRW 2.4 trillion) and Ireland (KRW 1.3 trillion) were net buyers while the US (KRW 1 trillion) and Kuwait (KRW 600 billion) were net sellers.

Foreign stock holdings comprised 30.1% of the country's market capitalization.

Also as of Oct. 31, domestically listed bonds held by foreign investors amounted to KRW 307 trillion, or 11.2% of the listed balance.

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