Foreign stock holdings in South Korea were found to have grown by some 43 trillion won this year, up ten-point-three percent compared to the end of last year.
 
The Korea Exchange said Tuesday that foreign investors held roughly 464-point-one trillion won worth of stocks on the main bourse and the tech-heavy KOSDAQ market as of last Wednesday, or 30-point-56 percent of the total market capitalization.
 
The Korea Exchange found that foreign investors held 38-point-14 percent of shares of large caps listed on the main KOSPI market, up 86-hundredths of a percentage point from the end of last year.
 
The amount of mid-cap shares held by foreigners on the main bourse surged 47-hundredths of a percentage point and of small caps by 41-hundredths of a percentage point.