KOSPI surges

KOSPI surges

A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul on March 25, 2026, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index having logged an intraday high of 5,715.23, up 2.90 percent from the previous session in early trading. Seoul stocks opened sharply higher as optimism grew over Washington's moves to end the monthlong war in Iran.

(END)

(C) Yonhap News Agency. All Rights Reserved