Last year's market capitalization was 249 trillion "evaporated"...Seven out of 10 locations are reduced in appearance.

Last year, domestic market capitalization fell by 249 trillion won, and 69% of all stocks saw their market capitalization fall.

The Korea CXO Research Institute, which specializes in corporate analysis, surveyed 2,749 domestic stocks excluding preferred stocks, and found that domestic market capitalization fell 10% from 2,503 trillion won as of January 2 last year to 2,254 trillion won as of January 2 this year.

In addition, 1,904 stocks saw their market capitalization fall in the past year, while the number of stocks equivalent to the "one trillion club" fell by 19 from 259 to 240.

On the other hand, 56 companies saw their market capitalization increase by more than KRW 1 trillion last year, and seven of them saw their market capitalization increase by more than KRW 10 trillion.

Among single-stock stocks, SK Hynix rose nearly KRW 21 trillion, with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, HD Hyundai Electric, Alteogen, KB Financial Group, and Samsung Biologics rising to the top.

On the other hand, Samsung Electronics' market capitalization alone has decreased by more than 156 trillion won over the past year.

In addition, the market capitalization of POSCO Holdings, LG Energy Solution, LG Chem, EcoProBM, and POSCO FutureM fell by more than 10 trillion won.