Domestic pharmaceutical stocks gaining momentum

Pharmaceutical stocks have started to attract investors' attention as hopes are running high that technology-related businesses will rebound in the latter half of this year, analysts say.

Korea's KOSPI index closed up 34.62 points, or 1.95 percent, to 1806.88 on June 18, renewing record highs for three sessions in a row. The pharmaceutical index climbed 120 points, or 2.9 percent, to 4,358.9...