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Stocks in South Korea fell during early trading Friday, as the Kospi Composite Index declined 4.4% to 8263.58.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 10 trillion South Korean won ($6.50 billion), Doosan Robotics is the biggest early laggard, plunging 14%, followed by shares of Samsung C&T, which tumbled 13%. Shares of Jusung Engineering tumbled 11%.

Shinhan Financial Group is the biggest leader this morning, jumping 6.7%, and KB Financial Group jumped 6.5%. Korea Invt Holdings rounds out the top three movers, as shares surged 6.4%.

The dollar weakened 0.4% against the won to 1,538.89 won.

In the bond markets, the 10-year South Korean government bond yield held steady at 4.240%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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June 04, 2026 20:31 ET (00:31 GMT)

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