Foreign investors sold a net 19.558 trillion won in Korean stocks in February 2026, marking a second consecutive month of net outflows, according to the Financial Supervisory Service’s February foreign securities investment trends report. This headline figure was widely reported after the official FSS release and is being cited across coverage of foreign flows into Korean markets.

The market breakdown in the FSS data shows the bulk of the selling concentrated in the main board: foreigners net-sold 19.319 trillion won on the KOSPI and 239 billion won on the KOSDAQ. Despite these net sales, the report notes that foreign investors’ total equity holdings rose to 2025.5 trillion won (2025.5조원), a detail that the FSS figures present without further explanation in the summary tables.

Geographically, the flows were uneven. The report highlights sizable net sales originating from investors in the United States and the United Kingdom, while investors based in Ireland and France were net buyers over the same period. These country-level shifts were flagged in the FSS release and have been the focus of subsequent coverage in the Korean financial press.

Fixed-income activity moved in the opposite direction to equities: foreigners were net purchasers of domestic bonds, with net buying of 10.691 trillion won. Taken together across securities, the FSS report records a total net investment figure of 7.432 trillion won for February, reflecting the combined effect of equity outflows and bond inflows.

The figures originate from the 금융감독원 (Financial Supervisory Service) “February foreign securities investment trends” report and were published in media coverage on March 27, 2026. Because the FSS release is an official monthly dataset, its numbers have prompted repeated reporting and citation in market commentary and news briefs.

Available reports indicate that the February pattern—continued net selling of Korean equities alongside bond purchases—will be watched closely by market participants and analysts as they assess foreign investor sentiment. The FSS data provide the official, line-item account of those flows, and subsequent monthly releases will show whether this two-month selling trend persists.