Kospi rally sparks rush for investing books

As South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index extends its record-breaking rally, investor enthusiasm is spilling into bookstores. According to Yes24, South Korea’s largest online bookseller, sales of books related to domestic stocks jumped 305 percent in the Jan. 1-May 6 period from a year earlier. The Kospi closed Friday’s trading session at 7,498, up about 74 percent from the first trading day of the year. The surge has been driven largely by optimism surrounding soaring global demand for artificial

By The Korea Herald