KOSPI Closes Lower Amid Expectations of U.S. Rate Hike; KOSDAQ Edges Up KOSPI Index The KOSPI index closed at 2,609.50, down 0.62%. Over the past weekend, the New York Stock Exchange fell due to profit-taking ahead of the holiday, while major European stock markets rose amid the digestion of the ECB’s interest rate hike and … Continue reading [June 19 Korean Stock Market Report] – Defense Industry Rally Triggered by President Yoon’s Vietnam Visit