The total value of shares on Korea's KOSPI and KOSDAQ stock markets now amounts to more than two-thousand trillion won,... or nearly two trillion U.S. dollars.
According to Korea Exchange on Tuesday,... stocks on the two exchanges added up to more than 1-point-8-9 trillion dollars as of Monday,...
with the KOSPI and KOSDAQ each breaking their previous record highs with market capitalizations of one-point-57 trillion and 308-billion dollars respectively.
The KOSPI pierced the 26-hundred mark for the first time ever and the KOSDAQ surpassed the 920-mark for the first time in sixteen years.
Experts say that the combined market cap may see a continued upward trend.