KOSPI in won and in dollars
KOSPI up 34.0% in 2026 through Nov. 3, up 43.8% in dollar terms
The KOSPI rose 34.0% in won and 43.8% in dollars from Dec. 30, 2025, to Nov. 3. The won closed at 1,341.0 per dollar on Nov. 3 against 1,439.0 on Dec. 30, a 7.3% gain that added 9.8 percentage points to the return for a dollar-based holder.
KOSPI in won and in dollars, indexed to 100 on the last trading day of 2025
2026 to date (since Dec. 30, 2025)
- KOSPI in won+34.04%
- Currency effect+9.8 pts
- KOSPI in dollars+43.84%
Since Aug. 31
- KOSPI in won−17.17%
- Currency effect+1.7 pts
- KOSPI in dollars−15.47%
Since Oct. 30
- KOSPI in won−1.43%
- Currency effect−0.5 pts
- KOSPI in dollars−1.92%
In five of the 10 months from January to October, the dollar-based return beat the won-based return.
How to read the chart
- Dark line
- KOSPI closing level in won, set to 100 on the last trading day of 2025.
- Teal line
- The same level converted into dollars at each date's Bank of Korea won-dollar close at 3:30 p.m.
- Green and red bars
- Green is a gain and red is a loss.
- Currency effect
- The dollar-based return minus the won-based return, in percentage points. It is positive when the won gained against the dollar.
- Lines
- One point per trading day. The dollar line breaks on dates without a won-dollar close.
- Periods
- Measured from the last trading day of the year or month named.
- The KOSPI is the closing level at 3:30 p.m. KST (0630 GMT). The dollar line divides it by the Bank of Korea's won-dollar close at 3:30 p.m. in the Seoul foreign exchange market on the same date.
- Periods run from the last trading day of the year or month named. The currency effect is the dollar-based return minus the won-based return, in percentage points.