Donghak ants fell in love with Samsung Electronics.. bought over 10 trillion won in January

Input 2021.01.31 09:06 | Revision 2021.01.31 09:09

Individual investors have been sweeping the stocks of Samsung Electronics in the’Korean general stock’ this year. In the month of January, individual investors invested more money in Samsung Electronics than last year.

According to the financial investment industry, from January last year to the 29th of this month, individuals net bought shares of Samsung Electronics for 10,156.3 billion won. It is a scale that far exceeds last year’s annual net purchase (9,595 billion won). Compared to last year’s January (1,276.9 billion), it bought eight times, and compared to last year’s highest monthly basis, March (49,587 billion won).

This year, individuals net bought a total of 24.35 trillion won in the securities market, and Samsung Electronics accounted for 42% of this. In terms of the number of shares, it is 116.3 million. This month, individuals net bought Samsung Electronics for 16 of the 20 trading days. There were three days of net purchase for over 10 million weeks a day. In the past year, there were only 5 cases like this.

On the other hand, during the same period, institutions and foreigners net sold 66.4 million shares and 52.3 million shares of Samsung Electronics, respectively. This means that it has absorbed all the quantities sold by institutions and foreigners.

A banker’s wealth management center manager said, “Nine out of 10 individual investors visiting the branch this year ask for direct investment in stocks, and most of them ask’Can I buy Samsung Electronics even now?'”