Seoul stocks down 0 . 01 pct on foreign selling SEOUL , April 5 ( Yonhap ) -- South Korean stocks ended slightly lower Wednesday as foreign investors and institutions offloaded local stocks . The Korean won fell against the U . S . dollar . The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 0 . 25 points , or 0 . 01 percent , to 2 , 160 . 85 . The broad index bucked overnight gains on Wall Street . The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0 . 19 percent , with the tech - heavy Nasdaq composite index climbing 0 . 07 percent . Institutions remained net sellers of local stocks , selling more than 167 billion won ( US $ 148 million ) , and foreigners sold a net 7 . 5 billion won worth of stocks . Bae Sung - young , a market analyst at KB Securities Co . , said foreigners continued to sell South Korean stocks , and there is no momentum that could push up the main index . Most large - cap stocks were mixed across the board . Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0 . 14 percent to 2 , 107 , 000 won , and the state - run utility firm Korea Electric Power Corp . was up 0 . 88 percent to 46 , 100 won . Meanwhile , No . 2 chipmaker SK hynix Inc . fell 1 . 37 percent to 50 , 300 won , and top automaker Hyundai Motor was down 1 . 32 percent to 150 , 000 won . The local currency closed at 1 , 124 . 40 won against the U . S . dollar , down 2 . 50 won from the previous session ' s close . entropy @ yna . co . kr ( END )