A Record Close

This year’s securities market closed at an all time high. On December 29, the KOSPI closed at 1,379.37, up 11.21 points from the day before. The KOSDAQ closed up 10.53 points at 701.79. When the trading ended at 3 p.m. this day, employees of the Korea Exchange celebrated the end of the year, blowing colorful papers.

jean@donga.com