Is there a price limit for publishers?Despite Bank of Korea's 'Pivot', KOSPI and KOSDAQ ↓

Publishers soared in unison at the news of Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature.

Yes24's stock price rose to the price limit on the expectation that book purchases would increase, Millie's Books rose 23%, Woongjin Thinkbig rose 17%, and Samsung Publishing rose 14%.

Despite the news of the Bank of Korea's key interest rate cut, the KOSPI failed to regain the 2,600-point level, falling behind net foreign selling.

The Kospi closed 0.09 percent lower at 2596.91, and the KOSDAQ index also closed 0.58 percent lower at 770.98.

The won-dollar exchange rate fell 0.7 won to 1,349.5 won as of 3:30 p.m. in Seoul's foreign exchange market.