Korean Stock & Equity Research

Investing Guides/Account & Access

The KOSPI Composite Index tracks all stocks listed on Korea's main board, while the KOSPI 200 tracks only the 200 largest and most liquid of those companies by market capitalization and trading volume. When people casually say "KOSPI is up 2%," they're almost always referring to the Composite; the KOSPI 200 exists primarily as the basis for derivatives products like index futures and options. Th..