Korea Exchange Reviews Short Selling Ban After KOSPI's 33% July Slide
The Korea Exchange reviewed the technical feasibility of a temporary short selling ban and tighter daily price limits after the KOSPI's 33% slide in July, but officials said the exercise was only a readiness check and there has been no government request, formal discussion or decision to impose either measure.
Authorities held an emergency meeting Wednesday evening as the KOSPI fell another 1.2% on Thursday, taking this week's decline to 16.8%. They have already pledged to cap retail investors' leveraged ETF exposure and raise trading costs, while a renewed short selling ban could complicate South Korea's push for MSCI developed market status after a previous 17-month suspension hurt its market accessibility assessment.
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@tradfi*KOREA'S KOSPI FALLS 5.9% AS SK HYNIX, SAMSUNG TUMBLE
@macroedgeresKOSPI sidecar activated -7% #MacroEdge
@bulltheoryioBREAKING: South Korean stock market halted program selling for 5 minutes as KOSPI crashed -6%. This is the 42nd trading curb triggered this year.
@barchartBREAKING 🚨: South Korea South Korean Stocks plunging at the open 📉 📉 Timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@negligible_capKospi down 7.5% today, back toward April levels, led lower by (shocker) chip stocks. Samsung and SK Hynix down around 10% each
@wallstengineKOSPI 🇰🇷 -7.6%
@kobeissiletterBREAKING: South Korea’s stock market falls nearly -8% as the global chip stock selloff accelerates.
@polymarketBREAKING: South Korean stock market plunges -7.5%.
@firstsquawkKOSPI Tumbles 8% as Seoul Stocks Face Broad Selloff
@cnbcShares of SK Hynix plunge 10% in Seoul as semiconductor selloff deepens
@stockmktnewzKOSPI is down by more than 7% so far today 🔴
@firstsquawkKOSPI Trading Halted for 20 Minutes After Index Drops 8%, Korea Exchange Activates Circuit Breaker
@zerohedge*S. KOREA'S KOSPI TRADING HALTED FOR 20 MINUTES AFTER 8% DECLINE each one of these is about another 100,000 retail margin calls
@bulltheoryioBREAKING: South Korean stock market halted all stock trading and program trading for 20 minutes after KOSPI crashed -8%. Over ₩396,000,000,000,000 ($264 BILLION) wiped out. Samsung and SK Hynix, which together make up 55% of the index, cr
@stocksavvyshaySouth Korea's KOSPI stock market halted after being down over 8% triggering circuit breaker.
@polymarketBREAKING: South Korea triggers a circuit breaker, halting trading on the KOSPI.
@macroedgeresSouth Korean trading halted for 20 minutes as index goes limit down, memory stocks and most loved retail AI hype stories pummeled #MacroEdge
@kalshi_financeBREAKING: South Korea’s KOSPI plunges 8%, triggering a trading halt
@cnbcSouth Korean semiconductor shares tumbled on Tuesday, extending a rout in chipmakers after another weak session on Wall Street. SK Hynix plunged more than 10%, while Samsung Electronics fell over 8%. Other AI-linked names also came under h
@geiger_capital*SOUTH KOREA'S KOSPI TRADING HALTED AFTER 8% DECLINE
@cointelegraph🇰🇷 JUST IN: South Korea's KOSPI plunges over 8% on a tech sell-off, triggering a 20-minute circuit breaker, the seventh this year.
@barchartSouth Korean Stocks collapsing, now down almost 8% 📉📉
@firstsquawkSouth Korea’s SK Hynix Extends Drop to 12% as Shares Come Under Pressure
@wublockchainKOSPI Trading Halted After 8% Plunge as SK Hynix ADR Falls Below $140 South Korea halted trading in KOSPI-listed shares for 20 minutes on July 28 after the benchmark index fell more than 8%, marking its eighth circuit-breaker activation of
@firstsquawkSouth Korea’s KOSPI Falls 9% as Market Decline Deepens