Global Indices & Fear & Greed Index

KOSPI fell to the 6000-point range after briefly recovering above 7200 during intraday trading. The index closed at 6869.83, down 108.11 points or 1.55%, as foreign investors sharply reduced their buying activity from over 1.5 trillion won in early trading to just 46.7 billion won by market close. T

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) released a report on August 18 forecasting that rising US Treasury yields will have limited impact on Asian foreign exchange and bond markets. The Japanese financial group attributed this resilience to the fact that yield increases reflect improved economic

Korean retail investors concentrated trading in leveraged index ETFs during the August 3-14 period as KOSPI passed the 7000 level. KODEX Leverage recorded 18.8987 trillion won in trading volume, the highest among all ETFs, while KODEX 200 followed with 17.6623 trillion won. The shift toward risk ass

According to Korea Exchange data, KODEX Leverage recorded trading volume of 18.8 trillion Korean won during August 3-14, ranking as the most-traded ETF this month. The fund tracks twice the daily returns of the KOSPI 200 index. The surge in leveraged ETF activity reflects retail investor optimism as

According to Korea Economic Daily, South Korea's stock market recovery this month has rekindled investor appetite for risk assets, with bullish index-tracking ETFs dominating trading volume rankings. ETF trading volumes have reached 18 trillion won, with products betting on index gains appearing at

According to Jin10, China's CNEX funding sentiment index stood at 47 as of 14:30 on August 18, up 1 point from the 10:15 reading. The index for large banks, small and mid-sized banks, and non-bank institutions each rose 1 point to 46, 48, and 46 respectively. The index ranges from 0 to 100,

According to Guru Club, Singapore's benchmark stock index fell 1.2% to close at 5,076.81 points on June 4.

According to financial industry sources, Korea Investment Trust Management completed a 60 billion won capital increase on June 30, marking its first expansion in five years. The company issued 60,000 shares at 1 million won per share, with parent company Korea Investment Securities providing all

South Korean securities firms and asset management companies face mounting tax burdens from outdated regulations despite rapid growth in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, according to industry reports on the 18th. ETF liquidity providers (LPs)

According to Financial News and the Capital Market Research Institute, South Korea's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, valued at 500 trillion won, faces mounting pressure from outdated tax regulations as trading accelerates. Large securities firms bear approximately 150 billion won in annual

According to South Korea's Banking Union, the COFIX index—which measures the weighted average funding cost for banks' mortgages—reached 3.18% in July 2026 based on new disbursements, up 0.13 percentage points

According to BlockBeats, on August 18, U.S. stock index futures declined, with Nasdaq-100 futures down more than 1%, S&P 500 futures down 0.5%, and Dow Jones futures down 0.2%, according to BIT (Bit.com)

According to Yonhapnews on August 18, Korean retail investors shifted capital to U.S. index ETFs and covered call products during the week of August 11-13, as four U.S. benchmark-tracking funds entered the top 10 net inflow rankings. TIGER S&P 500 ETF ranked 3rd with 212.4 billion won, KODEX

Retail investors purchased 1.0418 trillion won of three Mirae Asset US index ETFs in the recent 1 month as of the 14th, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 18th. The three products—TIGER US S&P500, TIGER US NASDAQ100, and TIGER US Dividend Dow Jones—attracted concentrated retail

According to Bitget trading data, South Korea's KOSPI index (benchmark equity index) fell over 2% by market close on August 18.

Strategy, the world's largest Bitcoin digital asset treasury company, faces renewed concerns over potential exclusion from the MSCI index following a May 3 proposal by Morgan Stanley Capital International. The concerns first emerged in October 2025 during MSCI's index revision discussions and have r

The European Central Bank published a blog post on the 17th (local time) warning that US technology stock corrections could occur despite AI's transformative economic potential, with risks of global financial market contagion, according to the Financial Times. The ECB stated that even if current sto

According to Park Sang-hyuk, editor-in-chief of Digital Assets at SamproTV, MicroStrategy faces renewed concerns about potential removal from the MSCI index on August 18. The concerns emerged after MSCI proposed new inclusion criteria on August 3, evaluating

According to Yonhapnews, on August 18, South Korea's KOSPI index rebounded to 7,127.77 points, up 2.15%, recovering above the 7,000 level on strength from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. However, daily trading volume and transaction value hit

On August 18, around 1:50 PM, South Korea's KOSPI index fell below 6,900, trading down 0.75% at 6,925.65 after hitting 7,200 earlier in the session. Institutional investors led the decline with net selling of 660.6 billion won, while retail investors bought 373.4 billion won and foreign investors