외국인 순매수 (oegugin sunmaesu)

Foreign net buying

Reviewed October 15, 2026

What foreign investors bought minus what they sold, in won.

외국인 순매수 (oegugin sunmaesu) is foreign net buying: the value of shares foreign investors bought minus the value they sold. A negative number is net selling (순매도, sunmaedo).

Korean markets publish it every day for foreigners, institutions and individuals, and many investors follow it closely because foreign funds own a large share of big Korean companies.

Also called: foreign net buying · 순매도 (net selling) · 수급

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