Chip heavyweights lead the recovery

The rebound was driven by dip-buying in semiconductor large-cap stocks, which pulled the benchmark index back from its earlier decline. All figures in the morning snapshot matched KRX data at the time of publication.

However, the recovery did not hold through the close. The index fell back in afternoon trading, returning the morning rebound over the full session — meaning the chip-led recovery was only an intraday snapshot, not a full-day gain.

The morning rally followed officially distributed wire photos from News1 (Lee Jong-su) and Yonhap News documenting the session.

The claim that the KOSPI reduced its losses and fluctuated in a flat range while semiconductor large caps rebounded on bargain buying is True.

Verdict: True