On the morning of Nov. 11, the opening market situation is displayed on the electronic board at Hana Bank's dealing room in Jung-gu, Seoul./Courtesy of News1

On the morning of the 11th, the KOSPI index broke the previous high (2896.43) and surpassed the 2900 mark. As of 9:36 a.m. on the same day, the KOSPI index recorded 2902.61, up 30.76 points (1.07%) from the previous transaction.