The South Korea Financial Supervisory Service published its March 2026 foreign investment statistics, showing foreign investors were net sellers of KRW43.505 trillion of listed stocks and KRW10.916 trillion of listed bonds. Foreign investors have been net sellers of stocks for three consecutive months and turned into net sellers of bonds. Cumulative holdings stood at KRW1,576.2 trillion in listed stocks, representing 30.7% of total market capitalisation, and KRW323.8 trillion in listed bonds, accounting for 11.5% of total listed bonds. In equities, net selling was concentrated in the UK (KRW16.309 trillion) and the US (KRW9.529 trillion), while Qatar recorded net buying of KRW0.530 trillion; by region, Europe accounted for KRW26.360 trillion of net sales. In bonds, net outflows were led by Asia (KRW6.813 trillion) and Europe (KRW3.448 trillion) and were driven by Korean Treasury Bonds (KRW6.813 trillion), agency bonds (KRW4.113 trillion) and Monetary Stabilization Bonds (KRW2.223 trillion), partly offset by a net purchase of corporate bonds (KRW10 billion). Redemptions (KRW16.359 trillion) exceeded net purchases (KRW5.442 trillion), with net sales concentrated in remaining maturities of less than one year (KRW16.471 trillion) while 1–5 year and more than 5 year buckets saw net buying of KRW2.605 trillion and KRW2.949 trillion, respectively. The FSS aggregates the data on a settlement basis (in contrast to Korea Exchange data based on order execution); stock figures cover KOSPI and KOSDAQ trading excluding ETFs, ELWs and ETNs, and bond figures include both on- and off-exchange trading.
South Korea Financial Supervisory Service 2026-04-16
South Korea Financial Supervisory Service reports foreign investors’ March 2026 net sales of KRW43.505 trillion in stocks and KRW10.916 trillion in bonds
The South Korea Financial Supervisory Service reported that in March 2026 foreign investors were net sellers of KRW43.505 trillion in listed stocks and KRW10.916 trillion in listed bonds, with equities seeing three consecutive months of net selling and bonds turning to net outflows. Foreign holdings stood at KRW1,576.2 trillion in listed stocks (30.7% of market capitalisation) and KRW323.8 trillion in listed bonds (11.5% of total listed bonds), with equity net selling concentrated in the United Kingdom and the United States and bond outflows led by Europe.