Korean Retail Net U.S. Stock Buys Surge 5.5x to $3.59B

South Korean retail investors net purchased $3.59B in U.S. equities this month, a 5.5x increase over June, with heavy concentration in semiconductor leveraged ETFs.

Woofun AI data shows that South Korean domestic investors executed net purchases of U.S. stocks totaling $3.58999 billion from the 1st to the 27th of the current month. This volume represents approximately 5.5 times the net purchase amount recorded for the entire month of June.

Retail capital flows are primarily directed toward semiconductor and technology sectors. The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF, which tracks the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, recorded the highest individual net purchase volume at $1.75919 billion.